Spider Plant

The spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) is one of the most common yet popular houseplants. It is also one of the “Top Plant That Clean Air .”

Its popularity among those who are just beginning to test their green thumb lie on the ease and speed with which it grows and forms new plants as well as its tolerance to any conditions.
The Spider plants have long narrow strap-shape leaves which grow from a central rosette and come in solid green or variegated color with white or yellow lengthwise stripes.

It is called Spider Plant because of the small plantlets, bearing many small white star-shaped flowers, produced on long wiry stems that vaguely resemble spiders.

The plantlets of a Spider Plant can be either used to propagate new plants, or left on to create a very full Spider Plant hanging basket. This clump-forming, perennial, herbaceous plant is also known to reduce indoor air pollution. Some people do have trouble with brown tips on their spider plants.

Its ten to twelve inch long green leaves have a white stripe down the center and arch gracefully when grown in a hanging pot or basket. It grows from six to twelve inches tall and can spread up from one to three feet wide.

Though they do not produce flowers, spider plants do send off shoots with baby plants dangling from them, making the plant unique and fun to grow.

The spider plant is among the most popular and easiest to grow of all hanging or trailing houseplants. While these exceptionally hardy plants will survive in less than perfect conditions, in perfect conditions they are stunning. A mature plant will form tight rosettes of arching leaves with a profusion of hanging plantlets on long stems, up to 3 feet, somewhat like a bushy green mane. Although there is a pure green variety, the most common variety seen in garden centers in the green-and-white striped 'Variegatum.' Mature plants have small white flowers.

Growing Conditions:

Light: Undemanding. Spider plants prefer bright light, and tend toward scorching in direct sunlight. However, they will grow in conditions ranging from semi-shady to partial direct sun.

Water: Water liberally through the summer. Mist occasionally. During winter, cut watering back.

Temperature: Do not let fall below 50ºF or expose to cold drafts.

Soil: Spider plants like fast-draining, well-aerated potting mix.

Fertilizer: Feed weekly during the summer with liquid fertilizer or use pellets at the beginning of the growing season.


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