List
of common house plants and methods for propagating them |
African Violet (Saintpaulia
spp) |
Seeds; whole leaf cuttings;
division; water |
Aloe (Aloe spp) |
Division |
Arrowhead (Syngonium spp) |
Root cuttings that include a
leaf node |
Bloodleaf of Beefsteak Plant (Iresine
spp) |
Tip cuttings |
Boston Fern (Nephrolepis
exaltata bostoniensis) |
Division; runners |
Bromeliad (Many types) |
Division |
Cactus (Many types) |
Seeds; whole leaf cuttings |
Caladium (Caladium spp) |
Division |
Christmas Cactus (Zygocactus
spp) |
Tip cuttings |
Croton (Codiaeum spp) |
Seeds; tip cuttings;
air-layering |
Devil's Backbone (Pedilanthus
tithymaloides variegatus) |
Stem cuttings |
Dracaena (Many types) |
Stem cuttings; air layering;
cane cuttings |
Dumbcane (Dieffenbachia
spp) |
Tip cuttings; cane cuttings;
air-layering; division |
English Ivy (Hedera helix) |
Leaf bud cuttings |
False Aralia (Dizygotheca
spp) |
Seeds; air-layering; stem
cuttings |
Fiddleleaf Fig (Ficus lyrata) |
Air-layering |
Fittonia (Fittonia spp) |
Stem cuttings |
Jade Plant (Crassula spp) |
Tip cuttings; stem cuttings |
Christmas Kalanchoe (K.
blossfeldiana) |
Leaf cuttings; stem cuttings |
Dwarf Purple Kalanchoe (K.
pumila) |
Leaf cuttings; stem cuttings |
Panda Plant (K. tomentosa) |
Leaf cuttings; stem cuttings |
Kalanchoe pinnata |
Plantlets on leaves |
Kalanchoe daigremontiana |
Plantlets on leaves |
Kalanchoe verticillata |
Plantlets on leaves |
Moses in the Cradle (Rhoea
spp) |
Division; seeds |
Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria
spp) |
Seeds |
Passion Flower (Passiflora
spp) |
Seeds; stem cuttings |
Peperomia (Peperomia spp) |
Tip cuttings; whole leaf
cuttings; leaf bud cuttings; division |
Heartleaf Philodendron (P.
oxcardium) |
Stem cuttings |
Velour Philodendron (P.
andreanum) |
Stem cuttings; air-layering |
Elephants Ear Philodendron (P.
domesticum) |
Stem cuttings; air-layering |
Fiddleleaf Philodendron (P.
panduraeformae) |
Stem cuttings; air-layering |
Splitleaf Philodendron (p.
pertusum) |
Stem cuttings; air-layering |
Pilea (Pilea spp) |
Stem cuttings; division |
Poinsettia (Euphorbia
pulcherrima) |
Tip cuttings (allow wound to
heal) |
Prayer Plant (Marantha
spp) |
Division |
Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica) |
Air-layering; seeds |
Schefflera (Brassaia spp) |
Seeds; cuttings of half ripened
stems |
Sentry Palm (Howeia spp) |
Seeds |
Snake Plant (Sansevieria
spp) |
Leaf section cuttings, division |
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum spp) |
Division; runners |
Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus spp) |
Stem cuttings |
Umbrella Plant (Cyperus
spp) |
Seeds; division; upside down
stem cuttings |
Velvet Plant (Gynura spp) |
Tip cuttings; stem cuttings |
Wandering Jew (Zebrina
spp) |
Stem cuttings |