Epipremnum Aureum

Pothos Plants are native to Malaysia and are highly adaptable plants with glossy heart-shaped leaves. These plants can sit on a table, on the floor, hanging in a basket or can grow 5 feet tall when attached to a pole. Pothos are easy to care for and can grow almost anywhere. This is the perfect houseplant for beginners.

Pothos prefers bright, indirect light. The variegated ones will lose their leaf pattern and revert to all green if they don’t get enough light. Moving them to a brighter condition will usually restore the variegation. Pale looking leaves mean that the plant is getting too much sun.

Allow the top 50% of the soil to dry out before watering again. Overwatering is the only way to kill a Pothos Plant. Bright yellow leaves indicate that it has gotten too dry before you watered it. New growth and older leaves will turn black when it is over-watered.

Fertilize every two weeks in the Spring and Summer when the plant is actively growing. Only once a month in the Fall and Winter months. Use a well-balanced plant food diluted to ½ the recommended strength.

• If temperatures drop below 45°F, the plant will stop growing and the leaves turn black.
• Pothos are on NASA’s list of plant that clean the air and help remove harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde.

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