Transcript Interiorscaping - Metropolitan Community College

Interiorscaping
Care & Handling of Houseplants
Medium Light Plants
Medium Light Plants
Dracaena
Ribbon Plant
Swedish Ivy
Arrowhead Vine
Malaysian Dracaena
Dracaena reflexa
6-7 feet tall
Needs some pruning
Air layering
Also variegated type
Ribbon Plant
Dracaena sanderana
Ribbon plant
3 feet tall
White stripes on leaves
Swedish Ivy
Plectranthus australis
White or purple variegation type
available
6-8 inches tall
White flowers
Mint family
Native to Australia
Nephthytis Arrowhead Vine
Syngoium podophyllum
Variegated white or silver leaves
Cuttings
Mealybugs, spider mites, scale,
thrips, aphids
No cold water on leaves causes
spots
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Conclusion
Medium light plants need to be
acclimated to less light than in
nature
Variegation will diminish if light
quality is lowered