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Plant Guru's - Need Your Help

Postby Enzo » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:44 am

Out of the following plants, which ones would be vine like in growth and wrap around and grow across a lattice? Thank you so much!

ACACIA
ALOE
AFRICAN VIOLET
BABY'S TEARS
BAMBOO
BEGONIA
BOSTON FERN
BOUGAINVILLEA
CHICKWEED
CHRISTMAS CACTUS
CISSUS (KANGAROO
VINE)
COLEUS
CORN PLANT
CRABAPPLE
DANDELION
DOGWOOD
DONKEY TAIL
DRACAENA VARIETIES
FERNS: (BIRD'S NEST,
BOSTON, MAIDENHAIR)
FIGS: (CREEPING,
RUBBER,
FIDDLE LEAF, LAUREL
LEAF)
GARDENIA
GRAPE IVY
HEN AND CHICKENS
IMPATIENS
JADE PLANT
KALANCHOE
MAGNOLIA
MARIGOLDS
MONKEY PLANT
MOTHER-IN-LAW
NASTURTIUM
NATAL PLUM
NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
ORCHIDS
PALMS: (ARECA, DATE,
FAN, LADY, PARLOUR,
HOWEIA, KENTIA,
PHOWNIX)
PEPPEROMIA
PETUNIA
PITTOSPORUM
PRAYER PLANT
PURPLE PASSION
ROSE
RUBBER PLANT
SENSITIVE PLANT
SNAKE PLANT
SPIDER PLANT
SWEDISH IVY
THISTLE
VELVET NETTLE
WANDERING JEW
WAX PLANT
WHITE CLOVER
YUCCA
ZEBRA PLANT
ZINNIA
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Re: Plant Guru's - Need Your Help

Postby LadySaphine » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:56 pm

You copy/pasted a list of bird-safe plants, didn't you? :lol:

Well, to answer your question, IMO Wandering Jew is probably the best houseplant you can have. When we owned sugar gliders, we would put the vines in and they loves to climb them and tear apart. I still use them for my birds, just to give a more natural feel and give something to rip up.

Wandering jews are extremely easy to grow- they grow from cuttings and they can survive without water (often they will grow at the bottom of your cage even after a beating). But water is a must so they grow faster.

If you want an outdoor plant though, these guys will die in the frost and probably won't regrow.
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Re: Plant Guru's - Need Your Help

Postby William » Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:29 am

My birds love to beat up wandering Jews also.
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Re: Plant Guru's - Need Your Help

Postby Harpmaker » Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:53 pm

Besides Wandering Jew, Bouganvillea (watch out for thorns! Not a good house plant, and dies in the cold, but the flowers are bright), and any ivy plant. I do agree that the Wandering Jew is the easiest to grow, and the best house plant on the list.
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