Syngonium Macrophyllum Frosted Heart Care and Propagation

The syngonium macrophyllum frosted heart is a very underrated houseplant that is very unique, beautiful, and easy to grow. I highly recommend this for beginners and for people who want to style an interior space with plants. I share with you in great details the care, propagate this plant into a million little pieces, wait a few months, and then show you guys the update on the cuttings.

[@lunacycalico4017]

One of many things I appriciated fm your videos is the update fm the propagation in the same video. Thank you! Yours and your father plants collection are amazing! Again, thank you for sharing it.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@cmfornow]

I made the mistake of making a 6 foot moss pole for my golden philodendron in a plastic pot! I spent more time wiring it to the pot so that it wouldn’t fall over. I used a 3 foot pvc pipe covered in spagnum moss with burlap wrapped around it and stuck a bamboo stick in it with the same covering for height. I suppose a deeper pot would have balanced it out better so I wouldn’t need so much support. This project took me three hours! 😜🤣 (including clean up) I didn’t expect to spend that much time on it! However, I secretly loved spending that much time working on it! 😂😂😂 I love your plants 🌱 and would love to add more beautiful foliage to my garden and home! Thank you for inspiring me to do more! 👍😊

[@arthuslim]

Sean has all the moss poles and terracotta pots one could ever wished for. Envy.

[@plantsinner5072]

In all honestly I like the dirty pot 😍 Such a beautiful Syngonium. Love how you explain how it grows and what it probably wants to do.

[@teachandplant]

I'm a fan of syngoniums. They are easy to care and propagate. They also put out new leaves often and make me happy. I would love to get this one too!

[@onlyplants]

Yes they are so fast growing and require so little from us.

[@angeladundon7271]

Hi, I have the other plant the Chiapenese. Yours is beautiful and has a lot more pattern, kind of like a mosaic pattern. Mine is a beautiful dark green and it grows like a boss. I’ve had it for about 9 months and propagated once. I water propagated and once I had some roots I added damp spagnem moss until I was happy with lots of roots. Then I added it to the mother pot with the spag moss for added moisture while it was getting established. The prop is doing really well with new leaves 🍃 I’ve just taken 3 more cuttings to root and possibly sell, it’s a beautiful plant and some of my leaves are 25cm long, leaves getting bigger as it gets taller. Perhaps leave your mother plant to grow up it’s pole and your leaves will get bigger. Btw I’m in Australia

[@Ali-enAdventures]

"you get a moss pole, you get a moss pole!" 😆 what a lucky day for those cute little syngonium props aha

[@onlyplants]

Haha 😆

[@hannahbell-mossman77]

I've just found this plant in nz as it was so so rare. I can't wait to get it I'm so excited. ❤

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@jessicabender1301]

Agree! I absolutely love my syngonium macrophylum, frosted leaves

[@onlyplants]

A very underrated plant 🥰

[@elijahst.hillaire2659]

I clicked so fast. Love your videos

[@onlyplants]

Whoaa thank you 😌🙏🏽 I appreciate it

[@lydia5286]

I found your channel via this video, and I love your prop style and how you show the whole process. It’s so helpful that you can cover plants that are much rarer in the US. Many North American KZbinrs don’t have videos for them yet so your channel is a go-to!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuuu. I love propagation and want to master all species 🥰 more to come!

[@selinaruiz9395]

I JUST bought this plant at the rare plant shop in my city. I think it is absolutely beautiful and you're the only one who has given such an in-depth video. I love your channel!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu. They propagate so well. 😀

[@katherinesanchez_]

your home is just beautiful. I love your plant content. Thanks for posting

[@kwahanui]

I love 🥰your collection of plants very cool. I have green thumb envy.👍🏼💚

[@rachaelnugent]

So beautiful, I've never seen this before, thank you so much for sharing Sean!

[@gretchent1678]

I love the little snarky comments at the bottom of the video...

[@renegadetherapist5664]

I got a baby one a few weeks ago, it is much prettier in person. The new leaves are smooth but the older ones have that nice pattern with the "frost". Thanks again for your videos!

[@thehattersmadness1957]

I am the same....never have enough pots. Always ordering more. 💚✌️🌿🌱🌵🍃

[@onlyplants]

Cycle never ends! Haha

[@lrwgreenthumb6282]

Thank U 4 this vid... Syngonium macrophylla didnt ever catch my eye, so I had never really wanted 2 buy one of these until I saw ur MATURE specimen. Now I see what it can grow up 2 be! So I ordered the regular green form of macrophylla yesterday. 🌱🌱

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@jennyten1138]

Love this video! I just bought a frosted heart online and I can’t wait for it to arrive 😍 Thanks for explaining how to take care of this beauty!

[@lifepaholic716]

I thought when you said your going to propagate you'll only be doing one or two cutting, I didn't expect that you'll be cutting all of it. But they're looking great and growing so that's a successful propagation. Thanks for sharing

[@onlyplants]

I am greedy with propagation 😅

[@Tanubasar]

My frosted heart was a gift from my seller ☺️ Thank you for the care tips and I have given her pole immediately because of you 🙊

[@onlyplants]

Wah very nice. Hope you have great success with it!

[@tranvansonnhatrang]

These trees are so beautiful it is used to decorate a green space. Thanks for watching a good video. Have a nice day. Stay connected and secure.

[@mitalipandey7870]

I love ur terracota pots...n thanks for d video...lots of info .....

[@amandanathania]

Aww, I'm about to go and fetch mine from a local nursery 😱😱😱 and saw you post up a new video about it! Yours is such a beauty! (or should I say 'was' since you've mutilated it, in a good way) Would love to see update on how all the cuttings doing! Thanks for making great videos on great plants!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. It will be 10 beautiful plants in a year time! 😛

[@rsmith6909]

Beautiful plant

[@JD-je8ld]

How are the cuttings doing? Did they push out more silver leaves? By the way I’m going to ramble below 😂 You are the best, I’ve learned so much from you. Love your passion and excitement about plants, it’s so much fun to watch someone as plant obsessed as I am. Your videos are done so well, how you explain things is so simple for anyone to understand. I’ve watched other people’s videos and not that I’m bashing them (because I couldn’t make videos), but it’s almost torture to watch. You are so clear and to the point in your descriptions, your videos are just so well done. Just wanted to send you some praise your way. Any plant I wanted to research, I always go to your videos first! Thank you for taking the time to share what you know with the rest of the world.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you for the dose of positivity, it empowers me. Yes more silver bring out more blush. Ive sold a lot of these baby plants with the frosts from this one mother plant 😀

[@vermillionj1]

Haahaa I knew I wasn't the only one running out of pots😂😂 the frosted heart is pretty☺️ Another great video Shaun🤗💯 I love when I get two classes(videos) in one day.

[@cherylyeo25]

thanks for the video as usual most helpful as I learn more about propagation. I havent seen this kind of syngonium as I often think arrow head shaped .... live and learn everyday! wonderful :) ;)

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. Dont pass up on this one if you come by it, its such a cool species to add to your collection.

[@lisap1727]

I have a regular syngonium macrophyllum that grew into a long vine, but it wasn’t bushy like yours. It was leggy and the bottom leaves kept turning yellow. So, i am propagating several cuttings in water. Hopefully it will do better. 😊

[@onlyplants]

Looks like its asking for more light. They do shed bottom leaves as they get tired and old but it happens quite rarely. Good luck!

[@lisap1727]

Thank you for your advice🙏😊

[@josephpomarsabido1545]

Hi Shawn! Really enjoyed this video! S. Chiapense's difference from Frosted heart is that S. Chiapense has a smoother texture and does not have white markings. Ive observed that Chiapense grows faster than frosted heart but both are equally gorgeous. I had my chiapense last year (5 leaves), now it has grown to more than 8 feet. The leaves also become bigger. The propagation part of your vid is soooo insightful! :)

[@onlyplants]

Oooo, and the variegated chiapense is just entering the market hot now!

[@terracottaplantas2352]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 successful experiment.

[@jaskaur5127]

Beautiful plant. Its quite pricey here in Malaysia. One of my wish list plant , hopefully in future perhaps if they price goes down a bit.Tq again for the video, always looking forward to your videos.

[@onlyplants]

Hope you can get your hands on one.

[@noelle7714]

I have yet to get one of these, they’re still expensive here in the US I’ve found. Thanks for the video!

[@onlyplants]

If their demand is high, US growers will usually keep up with supply on 1-2 years. So better make some demands today! Haha

[@Madelin26]

Me encanta sus videos, aunque estamos en países muy distantes el uno del otro, con idioma diferente, comparte muchas plantas que estoy cultivando en este momento y siendo que vive en un Pais con clima tropical similar al mío sus consejos serían los más apropiados.

[@onlyplants]

Gracias 🙏🏽😀

[@Madelin26]

@@onlyplants ❤

[@bechoyvlog753]

Yay

[@micaelabenitez08]

Great video !!

[@grat2010]

I 💚 nerding out!

[@gretchent1678]

Me too!!!

[@onlyplants]

Me three!

[@aingealtara1479]

.. All new leaves are very very light green, almost white and slowly turns darker as they mature.. The difference in the leaves are the frosting and the kinda mosaic pattern.. .. My first one (2020) was in my bedroom window (west side) growing like a weed until it outgrew the hight.. It came in a plastic pot, but when I gave it a terracotta pot it grew like crazy just about 1 meter tall.. It simply doesn't like plastic pots (root rot).. Unfortunately I lost the whole plant a year later when I propagated it, in water.. Bad idea, really bad.. Use spagnum moss, or as I just learned from watching this video, pot them up in terracotta pots right away.. The mother plant eventually died too (of grief??).. After that it kinda disappeared from market, and wasn't anywhere to be found.. .. Now it's april 2024 and I found one 5 days ago in a garden store, and bought it.. This time it came in a terracotta pot and looks pretty good.. Though a wee little skinny at the base.. .. How i wish that I knew about this back then.. So thank you for sharing this video ☺️

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sherryporsch9349]

I love this plant! 💚 So beautiful 😍 I think I would of had the heart to cut it! Lol Guess you have new babies from doing it though. 😃💚

[@onlyplants]

If I give it 6 more months I have 10 beautiful plants instead of 1. Worth the wait haha. Also I am curious to see the motherplant because she will turn into a monster with all the new branches stemming out of her.

[@sherryporsch9349]

@@onlyplants Your right but I’m in cold N.C., USA wish I had your weather. 😃💚

[@gayathryvenkiteswaran6326]

all hail syngoniums :-)

[@camillewilliams880]

I can't find this plant anywhere in Canada ! This and the chiapense have been on my wishlist for a while! Someone send help!

[@1431MrPrince]

Beautiful video 👍 I just boughtthis plant cutting and it’s in the water any tips please.

[@onlyplants]

Do check out my video titled water propagation it shows you the highest success rate 😀

[@sierra734]

I just ordered one it’s on its way tfs gorgeous and I haven’t seen many before 🫶

[@waikatoplants3059]

The other one Chapelle.is straight green.mine is any way.i have both From New Zealand

[@shnuggumz]

I know this is one of your older videos Sean, but what are these poles wrapped with? It isn't moss, but I'd like to try it.

[@onlyplants]

I believe it is “ijuk” a type of palm fiber common in Indonesia. Its relative to the coconut. 😀

[@shnuggumz]

@@onlyplants Thank you. Doesn’t look like that will be available where I live. Thanks for your response!💚

[@hediyegundoganli8271]

Can you make one day house plant tour You got a big house and garden 👀 looks like 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@onlyplants]

Hello I did a video on this two weeks ago titled my dads plants tour 🙌🏻

[@kaykay5488]

I'm not as brave....ouchy 😮 hahaha 9 babies !🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@onlyplants]

We have to be brave for our plants... so they can be brave for us 😆

[@kaykay5488]

@@onlyplants noted ...wise one😝no...seriously.... you're truly wise.😊

[@mayac2266]

So there is a green macrophylum and frosted heart macrophylum? Or forsted heart is just another name of the same species?

[@onlyplants]

I believe they are the same species just different form

[@lullabydream7572]

I think it’s the same with S. Chiapense- because I own one

[@vanifon1]

I would love an update on how all of these are doing, it’s such a beautiful plant 🌱

[@onlyplants]

Itll be on my all houseplants tour due in the next few weeks 😀

[@gzyf]

I love your vids and I find you cute hehe 😁

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@user-qv3xs6eg2j]

Are these care and propagation instructions the same for the normal Syngonium macrophyllum?

[@onlyplants]

It should be very very similar 🤓

[@babyboy4205]

Closer internotes.. no close shot on how u snip it?

[@onlyplants]

😅

[@rosetan3242]

Hi Shawn, just checking will syngonium do fine in potting soil? Or it will stay wet for too long? I live in Singapore, we have almost similar climate. Love this video btw. So informative

[@onlyplants]

Im not sure what you mean by potting soil 😀 because theres different ingredients for those. But syngoniums can even grow in garbage, they are so tough and resilient. Anyways my advice is to use a potting mix you have but do let it dry out completely between watering. You should also see the plant droop a bit when its thirsty. Overwatering plants will cause death very quickly so I would be a bit more cautious with watering

[@rosetan3242]

@@onlyplants thanks Shawn...appreciate the reply

[@maryanncarlos9291]

Hi I watch a lot of your video and wondering if you could recommend place to import plant - thankd

[@onlyplants]

Hello I cannot recommend exports because I have no experience with the process. A good grower or seller may not necessarily be qualified to ship well.

[@Pottedplantsandcookingpots]

I'm a bit confused, I bought Chiapense 2 weeks ago, it looks like what you have in this video with heart shape, and I just bought a massive Macropylum, and leaves are massive green arrowhead shape. They are quite different in regards to the leaf shape??? Do you have both now? Maybe you can show the difference between Macropylum vs Chiapense!!

[@onlyplants]

My dad has the chiapense but I already moved out lol. They literally look the same except chiapense tend do be bigger and is devoid of any “frost” on the leaves.

[@jennmc231]

What does it mean when my frosted heart is getting rusty like spots only on the leaf? Is that bacterial? Thank you.

[@onlyplants]

Yepp bacterial or fungal. Fertilize lightly, try not to wet the leaves at all, and diluted fungicide pesticide treatment.

[@guywithaplant]

Sorry if I missed it but what kind of potting medium do u use? An Aroid mix?

[@onlyplants]

Yes aroid mix 🙌🏻

[@oneofeverything9820]

PLEASE SEND HELP! My Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma have black spots (with some yellow) on them. What's going on?! 😭I checked the roots and they look okay though so yay, no root rot. But I'm not sure what's going on with the leaves!

[@rachaelnugent]

if you mean black spots with the yellow being like a halo around the spots? Do the spots look kind of mushy? This is often a sign of fungus. I have zero experience with RT, so i am no expert! I have however, recently saved a Monstera adansonii with similar symptoms by cutting off the most infected leaves and spraying the remainder it with a copper sulphate solution.

[@oneofeverything9820]

@@rachaelnugent I think you're right. I think I'm going to need to cut off all of its leaves and spray it with neem oil. Hopefully it grows back soon!

[@onlyplants]

Correct I think this is typical bacterial spots if its black with yellow rim. Dont mist it if you can, give it a balanced fertilizer because the nutrients will increase your plants immune system, and do spray it down with neem as it kills pests and fungus (pests can spread bacteria)

[@oneofeverything9820]

@@onlyplants thank you! Please send thoughts and prayers to my little plant. Hopefully he bounces back!

[@plants.cornell2098]

6:43 running out of pot? so what behind you? is that pots?

[@onlyplants]

🙈

[@rowenalatorre4872]

Syngonium Frosted Heart is kinda pricey here in the Philippines 😭😭😭

[@onlyplants]

They are so fast growing, hope prices will come down soon

[@mathilda6763]

Are psychic? 😅 I just bought a cutting of the frosted heart on ebay.

[@onlyplants]

Haha they are getting quite popular. In getting worried for the people who havent bought one yet cuz the price will soarz

[@mathilda6763]

@@onlyplants I think the popularity of syngoniums ( syngonii?) In general is growing. It's nice because it's a pretty sweet genus, but prices are a bit crazy atm. I hope when the lockdown's over things become a little more relaxed in the community again.