Syngonium podophyllym care and propagation (with updates)

This is hands down one of the easiest and most common houseplant to care for and to propagate. But there are a few things interesting about this plant… (1) They can trail to produce smaller leaves, or climb up to give you monster sized leaves with interesting shapes. (2) More light = more variegation. These guys can produce random variegation on the leaves within the same plant that create lots of interesting textures and contrast. I insert a few warnings on this plant as invasive species and how we should NEVER allow them to live outside our pots. In this video I demonstrate propagation straight into soil, water, and for the more advanced propagators, the wet stick! I show you an update of the propagations to show you that nearly 100% of them made it!
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[@anythingunderthesun4301]

“I didn’t remove the caterpillars because I guess they deserve a place to live in this world.” Goooodddd most plant owners kill them. Your heart is golden. The world needs more people like you! More power to you!

[@onlyplants]

😅😅🙏🏽

[@itsrachelbuasuwan]

i put them on a less expensive one :'D

[@catherinestugmyer4449]

Agreed. Such a pure heart with this gentleman!

[@klcpca]

You won my heart-- "Caterpillars deserve a place to live in this world!" That Mother plant is STUNNING!!! Great job!

[@fatimacastillo1611]

"Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with butterflies." (Antoine De Saint - Exupéry, The Little Prince) That 's what i say to myself whenever my plants got damage by caterpillars. Sad, i don't see much butterflies nowadays. Hello from the Philippines!

[@onlyplants]

😀 hello

[@PVJSLJ]

I ❤ your energy. It takes a special type of person to be one with mother nature instead of working against her. Everything deserves life. Even those tiny caterpillars. 😘

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@venus2002HW]

Having updates to your props in one video is very much appreciated. Keep up the great work Sean. 👍

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu

[@sandramalone3522]

Well finally someone who knows what they are talking about. You are a world of information, so vital to know on how to grow beautiful healthy plants. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀❤️🙏🏽

[@lisawagner6076]

So Beautiful!! Syngoniums are my favorite genre. If you move I will miss seeing the beautiful property you are on now.

[@cmfornow]

True, but just imagine what he will do with his very own!!!! 🌱🙌 I would imagine that it would be unbelievably amazing! No pressure! 😂🤣 Enjoy the process.

[@ONEFREESPIRITED1]

Syngonium is my favorite genus also!

[@brocktoon8]

Your allowing those caterpilars to live probably helped so many bird families feed their babies ^^ It is all connected, I wish more people could understand this.

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@dyanalayng5507]

Always so sweet when you say Hello to the baby plants. ❤ I need to rescue mine from its shared pot with a fern. They look wonderful together as a foliage contrast.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@soohan4872]

Really appreciate your updates on your propagations - all in one video!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀 I enjoy doing it!

[@SelfTaughtGuitarNoob]

Yes I feel the same! It’s really thoughtful how the videos show the updates.. and so refreshing!! . Nothing worse than a video that ends with “ok well maybe I’ll check back in a few months”. Onlyplants- keep up the amazing work!!!

[@airi777]

It’s my dream to live in a tropical place and plant everything that I want.Thanks for your video.

[@mayac2266]

I love how you talk to you plants…Hello 😆

[@AlenaButorova]

This is love at first sight (big bonus for the caterpillar love). I subscribed, haha.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀 thank you. Welcome to the channel 🙌🏽

[@hibiscusangel7376]

Nice to see the mature form !

[@andrescastillo07]

I always say this but: BEST PLANT CONTENT ON THE INTERNET. PERIOT :D

[@onlyplants]

🙈🙈

[@andrewrichmond9764]

Very nice,I admire your syngonium plants

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu 😀

[@dianecollins8646]

I agree with you and I have said the same thing myself. Syngoniums are so underrated!

[@Turquoyse]

I am so glad I found your video on this plant. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out what I have and it has climbed up a column and out of control. Now, I know what to do! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, not just in this video and the other ones, too. Stay safe and god bless.

[@onlyplants]

Stay safe too ✌🏻

[@tierrawilliams4849]

I love your channel. I am forever trying different ways to propagate my plants and just learn more. Knowing that the nodes are still alive gave me more hope. I also love that you give the caterpillars a chance at life. Beautiful

[@twinfin8571]

I plant several pots of fennel for the caterpillars. They love that and dill and I get several butterflies. I love feeding them what they love to eat and what I want them to eat.

[@angeliqueplusdubaele6160]

We have lots of them in my kindergarten courtyard in Vietnam. I just cut some to propagate them at home. Free plants :)

[@onlyplants]

😀😀 yayeee

[@celesteperry4929]

Hi, I might mention this before, this video helped me with my syngoniums!!! Thank you so much 💚💚

[@onlyplants]

Yaye 😀

[@floridahiker1503]

I love syngoniums. Thai Pink Splash is my favorite. It grows well in Florida. Syngonium Podophyllum is an invasive species in Florida.

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

gorgeous plant I want to add this one to my collection I love anything that trails

[@heatherwatts193]

Best prop video I've seen.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@vickyzheng1738]

Love that you show the regrowth of the mother plant and not just the progress of the propagations. Thanks for this video!

[@onlyplants]

😀 I live for the updates haha its so satisfying to film and watch.

[@Jjaylynn_333]

Oh my gosh THANK YOU! This is the best video I’ve seen! I was given a syngonium vine and have had no clue what to do with it till now 😭💗🌿

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@mike1968442]

This made me smile, thanks for sharing!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@susanbacolod9346]

Hello Sean long time no see on ur vlog, because of power failure due to flood in my area,Davao del Norte ,this time,Im back looking at ur Syngonium.,love it.

[@onlyplants]

Oh no I hope things are restored soon

[@ALaMode_Designer]

You saved me from throwing away my syngonium stems, so now I’ll try to propagate. Thanks for the thorough info!

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@TheC3.]

You give me hope for buying cuttings! I enjoy all of your videos very much. Thank you for letting the caterpillars live.

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@Steffy2DGee]

Sean! I love your energy so much! Your videos always make me so happy and ready to propagate ALL the plants!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuuu

[@BUHAYMOTHER]

I've just propagated the syngonium cuttings I from my dads. So glad to know that it variegates depending on the sunlight. Can't wait, I'll give it more light :)

[@rikusdamon4635]

Its beautiful i love singoniums

[@renelabrador2571]

I love your explanations in your channel. Very clear.👍👍

[@MarciaFenwick]

I just love how you add in the updates!!! It's awesome!

[@joganpee830521]

Indeed syngonium is very forgiving and easy to care for. The least problem to me of all my plants

[@carolclover434]

Hello, Yes I am glad that I subscribed to your channel!!!

[@onlyplants]

Haha thank you ❤️

[@jannamoen4370]

I was just staring at my giant syngonium that seems to have outgrown itself wondering what I should do next. You're a mindreader! Thanks Sean!!

[@onlyplants]

Haha they make perfect gifts.. ❤️

[@cynthiarobinson9854]

Congratulations, Shawn!🌱

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🤓

[@SSaaNNddYY77]

Enjoyed this so much! I just bought the Albo variety and am in love!!! I'm so excited to see how they can multiply... yours are gorgeous!!!!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu. The albo is one of my favorites. Very easy to grow and gorgeous!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

I have one growing hydroponically in Perliite and coconut fiber it's Absolutely kicking butt.

[@onlyplants]

They can grow in anything, even trash

[@stephaniehirst2600]

Really helpful iv just got one so I'm doing my homework

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@nachig4754]

yes, yes, awesome idea!, and well deserve it Sean, good luck , you have your supporters here, Thank you for sharing always your experiences, success and fails too, we appreciate you and your plants. Cheers

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽😀

[@saraialegria]

Wow friend! That's awesome you didn't give up on your dreams and found a temporary and alternative way to make it work. So excited about your journey 🥰

[@onlyplants]

🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️😀

[@suginami123]

Love my caterpillars. I move them onto the lemon trees and the spice bush. They become butterflies. Leaves grow back. In Tokyo.

[@0mua]

Yes. I am glad that I subscribed to your channel 😁

[@onlyplants]

🙌🏽

[@mhea9320]

all ur terracotta pots are so beautiful

[@kay2136]

Online store please! I can't wait to place my order. It's so nice to see how you care for your plants and share tips on the best methods to propogate. Thank you for this content!

[@tamekahill2826]

Wow the turn out beautiful. Congratulations on your new journey. I know it going to be amazing you will be doing something love and passion about.Happy growing and stay safe.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@dominicflorio5708]

I have many types and I love them. They are very invasive in Florida.

[@andrewrichmond9764]

Hope you make more shows about your plant

[@onlyplants]

2 videos a week 😀 stay tuned

[@user-rs1lp8jz4l]

Need more then a thumbs up for your vids they are so good 💯 💕

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@devbachu7072]

This growing wild in my back yard

[@kunfoopanda]

It was growing too much in our garden so I ripped all out of the ground. But some months later it sprouted back from some piece of root as well.

[@onlyplants]

They are very invasive... 😅

[@a_noelle8595]

Wow! What amazing growth.

[@rinoaheartily3228]

Excited for your new venture! I hope it goes well so that I can visit it someday :)

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu

[@josephpomarsabido1545]

Hey! I really got excited seeing the notif that youre featuring syngonium plants! The one you propagated was a white butterfly syngonium. The second one with lobed leaves was angustatum. I love your propagations! Got me all excited to post also mine in my plant account! Sending well wishes from the Philippines!

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa thanks for sharing the knowledge. Yes this channel will cover every family/species imaginable. 😀

[@josephpomarsabido1545]

@@onlyplants no. THANK YOU for sharing your love for plants! :)

[@jovitatulloch814]

Lovely plants Shaun ❤️Thnks for the tips in how to propagate them👍take care always ❤️

[@AllGreenThings4975]

Thanks for sharing your vedio awesome tips and ideas on propagation new subscribers watching from California

[@onlyplants]

Welcome to the channel🙌🏻

[@heymifoo5597]

Thanks for the great video. My syngonium white butterfly died of root rot a few months ago. So recently I got another 2 pots. I recently put one pot outdoors under mass cane. I practically buried the pot into the soil of the mass cane pot and 2 days later they were wilty. I guessed the holes of the syngonium pot was stuffed and I have root rot again. So now I just took it all out and plant in the pot of the mass cane. Hopefully it lives.

[@onlyplants]

As long as they havent completely rotted off theres always chance of recovery 😀

[@The_Black_Truth]

I Went From THINKING About Placing An Order For MORE Syngoniums To DEFINITELY Placing An Order For MORE Syngoniums After Watching THIS VIDEO!!!

[@onlyplants]

🙈

[@The_Black_Truth]

@@onlyplants I'm Not SURE How To Take Your Highlighted Reply Since: This emoji is considered racist in some contexts, especially when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.

[@valiaudet3415]

Mine has crept up fences ,trees, palms, also a ground cover. Look like yours with each leaf with varied colours and varigation. Inside there are several vases water propagating long cuttings.

[@jaskaur5127]

Great video. Congratulations on your new chapter in life. Wish you all the best and may all that you aim for comes true.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🙏🏽😀

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Very amazing and beautiful plans 😎😎

[@soniamaria8404]

You are so awesome! And cheerful. Thank you for your content!! 🥰

[@stachelleoverland2188]

Sean, I am sending joyful vibes to all of your wonderful, planty ideas! living things do deserve the right to live. That is a concept we all should practice. Be well and I hope all your dreams come true.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🙏🏽 I

[@chrisatzelepi1133]

Hi love your channel!!!!! Thank you for explaining everything and making it easy in every aspect of the plant.

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu

[@kimbermoss]

“Come on, I’m just trying to peel you open”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@onlyplants]

Lol I didnt even realize I said that out loud...

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks for showing us the many ways of propagating syngonium💚🙃

[@onlyplants]

Its my honor 🤓

[@dear_totheheart]

So grateful to have found you and yo ur wonderful channel, you are so informative, enjoyable to watch, and I’m really excited to grow alongside my plants more now instead of being so frightened. Also I adore syngoniums so this video is very appreciated! Looking forward to your future work and goals, best wishes!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu

[@p.s.2221]

soil and watering ,propagation for aroid plants 🌿

[@dianastandardtime]

I got a syngonium white butterfly recently, and I'm so glad you made this guide! Could you make a video about the top houseplants that can acclimate to direct sun? Thanks for all you do!

[@onlyplants]

Sounds like a good episode idea!

[@sabithajayadevan1599]

Super video 🙏🙏

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

xoxox great information, thank you.....

[@kathleenlewis324]

Yes..greatful for your chanel

[@onlyplants]

🙏🏽🙏🏽😀

[@helena_US]

Glad that you have posted this video. I have learnt so much from your Videos especially on wet stick propagation. Thank again dear. Feel so touch when you mentioned about caterpillar. I immediately liked it when I saw one on my plant. 🤣

[@onlyplants]

Haha thank youuu. Caterpillars and all animals are part of a very delicate food system. We are all interconnected 😀

[@pilitathomason6993]

Thank Shaun,syngonium are one of my favourite plants, so easy and great give always to plant friends.

[@barbara4944]

Good morning Sean! Love these plants....just added two to my plant family. Thanks for this video...very helpful.

[@onlyplants]

You’re welcome 🤓

[@lindabeaulieu6770]

Who is "we"?! Wow big plans for new store.... sounds cool. P.S. enjoyed video. ❤ syngoniums.

[@onlyplants]

That would be me and my business partner Celyn. 😀

[@stephanegauthier5539]

I love you channel! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@onlyplants]

😀🙏🏽

[@vergedeleon13]

Argh! Finally! A syngonium care, tips and prop (w/ update). I loooooove this video! Thank you!

[@onlyplants]

🤓❤️

[@cherylyeo25]

wow, they are really taking over your green spaces! for me, its the wild kalanchoe ... I am probably going to give away more pots of them to friends (sharing caring) so I could divest my energy to other plants And yes my 1st varig is syngonium ;P ;) easy to care for indeed! however my is still small and patiently waiting for it to grow bigger for propagation OMG This is such a GOOD / important video! Thanks thanks thanks!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@lucyogutu-lumuli7253]

Looks like I’m the first one here today - yay! Your videos inspire my plant journey. I have two of these, grew them from cuttings that I got on one of my walks. I’m continuing to propagate. One of my easiest plants, can’t wait to see it in its mature form.

[@marenwenzel9578]

Hey there! I don't know about Indonesia, but in Europe the mature Syngonium you are showing is commonly referred to as 'Syngonyum Angustatum'. I have it growing in my terrarium. :) thanks fot your content!

[@onlyplants]

Ooooo yes its quite uncommon here. I guess I have to take a cutting and propagate it now that i know it is something new to me!! Haha

[@miriamschram9397]

Sooo cool, thanks for this Video. 👌😊

[@irenep2942]

I'm so glad I am subscribed to your channel 😃🙏😍

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu 😀🙌🏻

[@tamikasheppard5544]

Thank you so much I Love Love your videos mine are leggy so I will be propagating tonight

[@onlyplants]

Yayyyy try the single node wet stick method. 😀

[@sharondriver2445]

One of my favorite plants 🪴💚

[@omaam1005]

Many blessings to you young Man.

[@onlyplants]

😌🙏🏽

[@tokyo_greenthumb2611]

Thanks for this informative video! Appreciate the time and effort that it took to make this👍🏽🪴

[@onlyplants]

😀😀🙏🏽

[@ahronantonio4859]

I currently have 15 different kinds of Syngonium and I swear I haven't killed any of them cause they are so easy. Love them. 5:48 is Syngonium Podophyllum 'Trileaf Wonder' or 'Spear Point'

[@onlyplants]

Thank you

[@plants.cornell2098]

Mine is no pole, but the air roots grabbing old leaves near them, and holding to their petioles to climb. Beautiful nature to survive and produce mature leaves

[@onlyplants]

Yeahh they’ll grab onto just about anythinf

[@none-ya-dam821]

Thank you.. I needed some of your positive energy today. 👍

[@onlyplants]

😌❤️

[@fangbifxx]

I have one but it grow so quick I think I will end up having many soon 😄

[@cassietu9189]

omg Sean! So excited for the pop up store. Hopefully can travel to Indonesia soon for the concept store!! Wish you all the best x

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu

[@kavitasharma9176]

Informative video 👍 and congratulations for the new venture 👍👍

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu ❤️

[@Lifeover70]

Brevard County Florida here .....best wishes

[@onlyplants]

🙏🏽 thank you. Man I miss Florida ❤️

[@sherryporsch9349]

Congrats on your new home!! It would be wonderful if had online shop an shipped to US! 💚🤗

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu

[@saschab808]

These grow wild in our yard I didn’t even know what they were. Been ripping it off out fence for years and keeps coming back haha😅

[@onlyplants]

Haha they can be invasive