Water your Monstera when the top inch or so of soil is dry, and mist the aerial roots to encourage climbing. If you want larger leaves, you’ll need to give the Monstera something to climb, like a coir moss pole.
You generally see either the Monstera deliciosa, which looks best if you let it climb or the Monstera adansonii, which looks equally lovely as a hanging plant. This feature that makes these plants so pretty helps them to withstand hurricane-force winds in their natural tropical habitat.
As they get bigger, the leaves can reach 18” across, and the holes in the plants become more significant, some reaching nearly to the central vein of each leaf. In its natural habit, the Monstera climbs neighboring trees using aerial roots to cling to the bark. In its smaller, immature form, some of the leaves may not have any holes. It’s also known as the swiss cheese plant, because of its naturally occurring holes, or slits, in the leaves. Whether kept small and compact or allowed to climb and grow huge, the Monstera is a beautiful plant that evokes the feeling of the tropics in any room. Monstera This Monstera can be trained to climb a coir moss pole, as they would climb trees in the wild. Let’s take a look at some of your low-light plant options. I think you’ll find there are plenty of low-light loving houseplants out there. Or perhaps you’re just looking for the perfect plant to spruce up your desk at work, and all you’ve got is overhead fluorescent lights. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy having beautiful, green houseplants gracing our home too. It would be a veritable jungle if I had my way.Īlas, for most of us, we’re lucky to have one room with good light or maybe just a couple of windows.
I begin imagining all of the gorgeous plants I could have in a house blessed with tons of natural light. Nothing gives me a case of home-envy, more than lots of bright, natural sunlight. You know when you go to someone’s house for the first time, and they have a great patio or a massive kitchen, and in your head, you start remodeling your place a little bit?
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