Your kitchen's windowsill is about to become your most productive space! These amazing plants will create beautiful displays in your home while all your outdoor planters hibernate for the winter. Just with water and some common jars, you can create living works of art that will outshine most house plants!
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Check Price1. Golden Pothos: Best of the Trailing Varieties
Glossy-leafed champion gets its name from its ability to grow in almost any light conditions. Champion is able to grow long, hanging vines and can fill whole rooms with its plants. When propagating, cut your stem to about 6 inches long (below a leaf node), and remove the leaves on the bottom. Champion is quick to root, so it's possible you could see new roots in just a couple days. When caring for your champion, remember to change the water weekly. You'll want to watch for new leaves to start growing because with bi-weekly intervals you will start to see some!
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2. Erfolg ist sofort mit Spinnenpflanzenbabys
It's easy for baby plants to grow roots. They just hang down from the mother plants. You can put baby plants in clear containers while they are still attached to the mother plant. Once they have a good amount of roots, you can cut the tie. For beginner gardeners, this is a good way to get them feeling accomplished.
3. The best plant for low light conditions is the Heartleaf Philodendron.
Challenges in adaptation to new environments, like being placed in lower light conditions than preferred make most plants struggle. This versatility for lower light levels thrives what makes this a good choice for North facing windows and bathrooms. To propagate, cuttings that are at least 4 inches long should be made, and should contain at least 2 leaves. In about a week from being cut, roots should begin to form on the cutting. Also, the shiny leaves shaped like a heart will create a more beautiful space.
4. Coleus – Living Stained Glass
These plants have beautiful colorful foliage which looks awesome in transparent vessels. The various shades of purple, pink, green and burgundy turn simple water gardens into artistic highlights. To enhance leaf production, pinch off the flowers.
5. Frischer Basilikum – grenzenlose Ideen in der Küche
Why spend money on buying fresh basil every week when you can grow your own? Start by taking cuttings from your store-bought basil just above a pair of leaves and sit them in water. Place this in a bright spot, but not in direct sunlight, and wait for roots to develop. You can take cuttings from the same basil plant regularly to propagate more basil plants. To make your basil collection diverse, add Sweet Basil, Thai Basil, and Purple Basil.
6. Spearmint and Peppermint – The Aromatic Giants
Mint varieties will change water to an aggressive viscous liquid more suited for tea and cooking. Take 4-inch long cuttings and expect vigorous growth. These hardy herbs are more carefree tolerant i.e. more tolerant than many other plants.
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7. You should grow green onions as they are the easiest to grow!
After you're done cooking, you can save the tips from your green onions, and put them in some water. After a few days you will see new shoots grow, and you will be able to cut them again multiple times for several months. To ensure that they keep growing, make sure to change the water every few days.
8. The Architectural Allure of Lucky Bamboo
The common name for Dracaena Sanderiana is \\\"Lucky Bamboo\\\" because it looks like a bamboo plant. It's unique as it GROWS IN BOTH SOIL AND WATER! Lucky Bamboo is great for MODERN DECOR as it is SIMPLE, CLEAN, and can GROW SUSTAINABLY. Remember to use DISTILLED WATER, as the chemicals in tap water will cause the leaves to TURN BROWN!
9. English Ivy – Timeless Class
Long trailing vines are beautiful in tall vases and in hanging baskets. For a more elaborate root system take six inch cuttings (wait two weeks). Variegated types are stunning in water gardens.
10. Chinese Evergreen – Vrek, Dramatisch blad
When given time, they even become a stunning display in a transparent container as you are able to see the impressive root system that develops. The silver, pink, and green patterned leaves make the container look like a jar packed full of leaves. Furthermore, Chinese Evergreen grow exceptionally well in the low light and will provide you with a beautiful display.
11. Wandering Jew – Rapid Ground Cover Spreader
The stunning cascading varieties of purple, silver, and green fill containers beautifully and trail downwards. Because of their vigorous growing habits and the ability to develop new roots at each node, they spread quickly and can be propagated to grow your collection!
12. Sweet Potato Vines Are Surprisingly Beautiful
An organic sweet potato in water will start to sprout heart-shaped leaves that hang down. You can use some toothpicks to keep the bottom of the potato submerged. The leaves will create a curtain in your home, purple and green sweet potato leaves are beautiful!
Winter Success Strategies
During the time where natural sunlight is minimal, you may have to move some of your plants to be closer to the windows or to make use of grow lights. As the plants begin to grow at a slower rate, you will have to perform water changes approximately every 10 days. In order to stimulate additional growth, it is important to include liquid fertilizer as a part of your regular monthly routine. When grouped together, containers will create zones of protective humidity.
Container Selection Secrets
Wide mouth jars can hold many cuttings while narrow ones would be perfect for displaying a single cutting. Opaque containers will keep algae from growing, while clear ones will allow you to monitor root growth. Be sure the containers are tall enough to accommodate fully developed growth patterns.
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Cloudy water indicates bacteria. If you notice this, you must immediately change the water and wash the roots. If the leaves are yellow, it could be from too much direct sunlight or stagnant water. Soft black roots mean the roots are rotten. You will have to make new cuttings and restart with new clean water.
Living Water Gardens demonstrates amazing indoor growing with no soil, no tools, and no complex upkeep. Use easy varieties like pothos and mint. You will be confident to expand on your garden. Your boring winter window sills will become exciting.
