We all know what the cutting process entails with plants. You have to cut in a precise manner and ensure that the tips are placed in a medium or propagator for it to do well. Whilst this process requires a bit of work, there some plants you can cut at a go, sprucing it up with a glass of water for it to do well.
If you fancy maintaining houseplants, and you don’t want to pass through the grueling process of repeated cutting, we’ve carefully chosen 9 plants, that you can start easily with one cut and a glass of water.
1. Pothos
Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum
This makes the list first owing to how simple it is to grow the Pothos plant. Pothos is an air-purifying houseplant that you can easily multiply by putting in water, and let it blossom to heart-shaped foliage. A warm area with indirect sunlight is need for it to grow.
2. Croton
Botanical Name: Codiaeum variegated
Croton is another simple houseplant. Here, take at least 3-6 inches long of croton housing a few leaves and put it in a glass filled with water. Your simple task thereon is to replace the water every 2-3 days. In 4-6 weeks of this process, you should see the cutting blooming with new roots.
3. African Violet
Botanical Name: Saintpaulia
The African Violet is a beauty you can behold in your home. And you can easily grow this just by putting its leaves in a small glass of water. Give it 3-4 weeks to see new roots forming, and about 6-8 weeks to see new leaves sprouting.
4. Inch Plant
Botanical Name: Tradescantia Sabrina
This pinkish-purple plant is referred to as the wandering jew owing to its creeping nature. With a 5-6 inches long cutting of this plant dipped in a vase of glass water, expect a new plant in no distant plant. There should be bright indirect sunlight to make the magic work.
5. Spider Plant
Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum
The spider plant is another air-purifying plant that you can have in your home. Simply get cuttings of ‘babies’ from the mother plant, and then put it in a glass of water. Watch how it blossoms quickly before your eyes.
6. Dracaena Marginata
Want to have a dragon tree in your home? The Dracaena Marginata is one you can easily propagate. Take a cutting with one or two nodes, and then put in a glass of water with the nodes immersed. Once the roots appear, you can then transplant them into a pot.
7. English Ivy
Botanical Name: Hedera helix
This creeping houseplant can be that beauty that would make your visitors ask what it is. Just like the rest mentioned above, it’s one of the easiest to propagate and grow. Take a cut of it and put it in a glass of water. Watch how the roots come out weeks later, with blooming leaves.
8. Basil
Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
Basil is a herb that you can easily grow in water by having its cutting dipped in a glass of it. So you can have this in your home every time.
9. Arrowhead Vine
Last but not least of them all is the arrowhead vine. Just like pothos, the arrowhead vine can be grown easily in water. Take a stem cutting with few leaves and put it in a glass of water. You should have this beauty blossoming in no time.
We hope this list fills you with new inspiration to propagate houseplants.