![]() I honestly think I could have many more now if I had put in the effort, but my attention seems to wander a bit with so many plant varieties out there to buy and try. Anyhoo, I’ve had decent success with the propagation and thanks to a suggestion from a lovely commenter, I’m sharing some photos! There have been some dramatic twists and turns (see photo captions below for details), but I’ve ultimately ended up with 3 separate potted plants. I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years since my original post, wow. Learn a little more about String of Hearts here. Until then, the rooting method seems easy! Stay tuned for updates on how the cuttings are doing. And no seeds came from the one lonely flower our plant produced this summer. This is apparently not the only way to propagate this easy-care plant – I’ve read about using the tubers that develop on the vine but I have yet to see any. If any cuttings die back all the way, pull and discard them to prevent mold growth. You may get some dieback of the ends – just clip those off. ![]() Place the potted cuttings on a bright – but not hot – window sill. I plan to update this post with photos of (hopefully) flourishing String-of-Heart babies in the coming months. My ultimate goal is to have several specimens to hang in the sunroom, which is now (sadly) devoid of plants. This how-to shows a combo of photos from both the test and second round propagation. But I’m not too worried about it – given the way this plant grows, I think we’ll soon have String of Hearts coming out our ears. I suppose I could have gotten better results with more preparation (rooting hormone? grow lights?). This brute force effort seemed work just as well, with rootlets sprouting from a good portion of the vines. And they are still alive! And growing! Second Round PropagationĮmboldened by my first success, I jammed an entire fistful of trimmings from the second prune-job into a lowball glass full of water. About 2 weeks later, teensy roots appeared on one of the submerged nodes.Īfter about 2 more weeks – because I’m lazy and doing kitchen things every time I looked at them – I removed the sprouting vines, dropped them in a small mason jar filled with potting soil and placed them back on the window sill. ![]() So I filled a glass with tap water and stuck a few strands in it. Hearts his first haircut in the mad rush of a kitchen cleanup (decidedly not in gardening mode), but didn’t want to just toss the trimmings. So as not to discourage the main dish-doer in the household (not myself), I need to trim this exuberant specimen on the regular. However, trying to do dishes with vine leaves trailing into the sink makes the job harder than it should be. We have a beautiful String of Hearts ( Ceropegia woodii) hanging in a north window above our kitchen sink. So I’m only encouraging myself at this point. Most of my propagation efforts involve a modicum of effort and some “why not”, and in most cases, that’s good enough. This project falls into the category of “let’s just try it and see”. This guy is the cutting donor, and usually hangs in the kitchen window – we ventured to the sunroom for the photoshoot.
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