I’m going to plant mine in a large hanging basket with String Of Pearls and String of Bananas. There’s also a variegated form of it which has a touch of pink. In warmer climates, you can grow it outdoors year round. The String Of Hearts or Rosary Vine is a great trailing houseplant. There are 2 reasons why people have trouble with the Rosary Vine: not enough light &/or too much water, especially in the winter months. Keep your eye out for aphids & scale also. Hanging Plant Collection 3 Indoor House Plant String of Pearls, String of Hearts, Monkey Leaf Plant Monstera, Attractive Foliage Hanging Display by Thompson and Morgan 3.6 out of 5 stars 56 £33.99 £ 33. Mine has never had any but reportedly mealybugs can appear. The easiest ways are by stems cuttings & by laying the tubers right on top of a mix. If yours gets leggy or you want to propagate it by cuttings, then you’ll need to prune. Here are those sweet but funny little flowers. Yes it does! Mine started flowering at the end of summer & the blooms just keep on coming. If you feel yours needs some feeding, then an application of balanced liquid houseplant fertilizer in spring would work too. Like most of my plants, I top dress with worm castings in the spring. It’s best to transplant your Rosary Vine in spring or summer. Just make sure the mix drains really well. Or, a combo of half cymbidium orchid & half succulent mixes would work fine too. If you have some coco coir, your String Of Heats would love it added to the mix. Soil:Ī succulent & cactus mix is just fine. I read somewhere that it’s hardy to 25F so I plan on leaving outside here in Tucson & see what happens. Mine lived outdoors in Santa Barbara where the winter temps could dip into the high 30’s F, low 40’s. My String Of Hearts is a trailing machine! Hardiness: Give it too much water & kiss it goodbye! Important to know: water even less in the winter because the Rosary Vine goes dormant. I was watering mine every other day here in the desert in those hot summer months but now it’s October (the highs are right around 90) & I’ve backed off to every 3-5 days. As I said, this plant isn’t technically a succulent but you want to treat it like 1. When grown as a houseplant, you want your String Of Hearts to dry out in between waterings. A west window is fine but just make sure it isn’t up against the hot glass. Outdoors I keep mine in bright shade with no direct sunlight – it grows under my pink grapefruit tree. Indoors you want to give it very bight light with no direct sun. Mine grows outdoors & is well on the way to 4′ long. Usually when grown as a houseplant it doesn’t get much past 2′ long. The trails of a Rosary Vine can reach up to 12′ long in its natural habit. Here are some things to know about the Rosary Vine: Size: Mine got hopelessly tangled on the 9 hour “car crammed full of plants drive” to my new home and that way it’ll stay. It stays on the wispy side but this, along with the flowers, are a big part of its appeal. Although a healthy String Of Hearts has a lot of foliage on many stems, it’s not a full and bushy vine.
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