SYNGONIUM PLANT - MANAGEMENT AND CARE
Plant Description:
Syngoniumย is an indoor ornamental foliage creeperย plant, suitable for small pots & . It is a beautiful miniature plant, featuring heart-shaped leaves. Syngonium is most suitable for green walls, hanging baskets, terrariums, bottle gardens, dish gardens & other tabletop miniature gardening use.
Botanical Name:ย Syngonium podophyllum
Plant type:ย Ornamental foliage plant, indoor plant, ground cover plant. and Evergreen in nature.
Growth Habit:ย Perennial creeper/climber.
Growth Rate: Quick growing plant
.Average Landscape Size: Planted in a distance of 1.5 x 1.5 ft for ground cover.
Soil:ย Syngonium is not very fussy and particular about soil. It can be grown in well-drained sandy soil or cocoPotting.
Transplanting:ย Transplant the Syngonium saplings in a pot along with a root ball of original soil. placing plant carefully in the middle of the pot & cover the roots completely with the soil.
Repotting: Change the pot every year. Use big sized pot for repotting the plant.
Sunlight:ย Syngonium can grow in full shade (indoors) or partial sunlight (outdoors). Direct sunlight burns the foliage & results in stunted growth of plants.
Water: Syngonium Pink Neon must be kept well watered throughout. Maintain the soil evenly moist, but allow it to dry out between waterings.
Fertilizer:ย Add rich compost/ leaf mold & well rotten cow dung while potting a plant.
Temperature: Syngonium prefers pleasant warm temperatures. Minimum temperature requirements are 15 Degrees Celsius.
Humidity:ย Syngonium plant likes hot & humid climate.
Pruning: Train the climber to grow in desired direction & shape by cutting off the unwanted growths.
Propagation: Vegetative Propagation is easy from cuttings. The plants root from nodes wherever they touch the ground. Plantlets can be easily split from the base.
