spider plants

Striped hanging greenery

Spider plants are a common houseplant with long, arching leaves that are typically green with white or cream stripes.

The name comes from the small plantlets they produce on trailing stems, which dangle like spiders on threads.

Hardy and tolerant of neglect, they're often recommended for beginning gardeners: The spider plant in the corner needs repotting.

decorative

hanging basket

Elevated container for plants

trailing · cascading · houseplant · greenery · foliage · variegated · interior · aesthetic · botanical · arrangement

care

low maintenance

Needing little attention

indirect light · watering · overwatering · brown tips · yellowing · root bound · soil · fertilizer · humidity · pruning

propagation

plantlets

Young vegetative propagules

rooting · cuttings · division · potting · repotting · aerial roots · nodes · sprouting · multiplying · cloning

Categories
Opposites
water and care requirements

spider plantscacti

Spiny water-storing plants

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growth habit and form

spider plantsrubber plants

Tropical houseplants with glossy leaves

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care difficulty

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Tropical flowering plants

Boston ferns · gardenias · crotons · azaleas · prayer plants

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G