{"id":8331,"date":"2015-12-27T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8331"},"modified":"2015-12-08T23:05:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T04:05:03","slug":"arrowhead-vine-easy-care-house-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/12\/27\/arrowhead-vine-easy-care-house-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrowhead Vine- Easy Care House Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Arrowwood<\/a>

Arrowwood (Nephthytis) Vine<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Arrowwood<\/a>

Arrowwood vine in Biltmore Conservatory, Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n

Arrowhead\u00a0vine (Syngonium podophyllum<\/em>), often called nephthytis, is a easy to grow\u00a0trailing or vertical climbing house plant. It is indigenous to\u00a0the Central and South America tropics\u00a0and is botanically related to philodendron. Its 5-7 inch long leaves are arrowhead shape, with a dull pointed tip (apex) and two basal lobes. Foliage of modern day varieties\u00a0come in\u00a0more color choices, including silvery white, cream, and pale pink variegation.\u00a0Plants grow\u00a0more compact and\u00a0foliage is disease resistant.<\/p>\n

Arrowhead tolerates low winter light inside the home. Grow in a\u00a0east facing\u00a0window\u00a0with room temperatures between 60-75\u00b0F and with moderate room humidity. Plant in\u00a0a potting media\u00a0having good drainage and keep media moist. Water less frequently in winter and periodically mist the foliage. Every 1-2 years, repot in early spring so\u00a0plant\u00a0never becomes root-bound.<\/p>\n

If moved outdoors over the summer, keep arrowhead vine under heavy tree shade and adequately\u00a0watered. In early fall\u00a0move all tropical plants indoors before night temperatures\u00a0fall below 40\u00b0F. From spring through fall, feed plant(s) every 2 weeks with a balanced house plant fertilizer such as Peters\u00ae, Daniels\u00ae, or Miracle-Gro\u00ae diluted by half\u00a0the recommended package rate; do not fertilize over the winter months.<\/p>\n

Arrowheads are constantly growing new leaves and shedding older ones. Prune out old straggly shoots\u00a0and dying foliage at any time. At\u00a0start of summer, cut older vine(s) back\u00a0at least by two-thirds to refreshen their appearance. Use prunings to start new plants. To propagate, take a terminal stem tip cutting or stem segment containing a healthy node, leaf and petiole.<\/p>\n

Newly purchased\u00a0plants\u00a0start out\u00a0trailing.\u00a0Within 6-12 months some\u00a0developing stems turn upright and are easily trained as a climbing vine to a pole\u00a0fashioned from osmunda fiber.<\/p>\n

Caution<\/span>: Sap of this plant may be toxic to pets and cause skin irritation. Wear protective gloves when working with arrowhead vine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrowhead\u00a0vine (Syngonium podophyllum), often called nephthytis, is a easy to grow\u00a0trailing or vertical climbing house plant. It is indigenous to\u00a0the Central and South America tropics\u00a0and is botanically related to philodendron. Its 5-7 inch long leaves are arrowhead shape, with a dull pointed tip (apex) and two basal lobes. Foliage of modern day varieties\u00a0come in\u00a0more color […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1277,605,665,843,771,847,1060,990,601,729,849,777,630,823,756,113,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8331"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8442,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331\/revisions\/8442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}