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type of ivy house plant


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Hello, to answer your questions. Yes the leaves are kinda heart shaped, and and the leaves are mainly green with a few slashes of yellow/white on some. They are about 2 inches wide,and growing on long vines,that I have spread out on my entertainment center in the middle of my livingroom, It gets some light but not much. I had it in my bay window but I think it was too cold, some of the leaves were turning yellow and pulled off very easily, so I moved it to the entertainment center far from the window, now it is doing very well.It is in a pot withe regular soil. I  haven't seen any blooms since I got it this past spring. Well thank you for taking your time to try and help me............Jill-------------------------------------------
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Hi, I'm not sure what the name of a plant that I have. It is a typical house plant. It has big green and yellow leaves and is viney, mine is getting so big. But I don't know what the name of it is. I wish to know so I can care for it better. Can you help? I hope I have given a good enough description of it. Thank you for your time..........Jill
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Jill, tell me, are the leaves heart-shaped?  How many inches wide is the typical leaf?  Are you growing it in soil or in a glass of water?

This is a vine, yes?  Or no?

The green/yellow description means it is "variegated" or "varigated".  Plants with this name in front of them simply have green leaves with light yellow or sometimes white.  Variegated Swedish Ivy, Variegated English Ivy, Variegated Geranium...

Any blooms?

Are you giving it any sun?  Is it in a window, an office, on a desk without sun...???  rsvp!

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Sounds to me like you have everything under control.  Probably you have a variegated Philodendron - very pretty, graceful, undemanding indoor foliage plant.  We have been growing these since Victorian times.

Occasional fertilizer will help your Philodendron.  And some pinching is a good idea to keep it from getting too long for the stem.  Use a scissors to cut off the very end of the plant, or if you feel it is too long, just cut closer to the pot.  You can root the cut section in a glass of water on the windowsill (without a draft).

Indoor temperatures are not an issue with these.  But drafts are.

If you are trying to grow this vine around the top of the ceiling, with less sunlight exposure, bear in mind that unless you have a lot of fluorescent lights in the same room, ambient sunlight from the window will not be enough for this.  Variegated plants need MORE light - they have less chlorophyll, but the same energy needs.  Just a little trickier.

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