Make your Devil’s Ivy grow your way—we share the Best Ways to Train a Pothos Plant to climb, sprawl, fall, or trail!
Your Epipremnum aureum isn’t just a cozy houseplant sitting in a shadowy corner—it is adept at following your lead! With a little support, its slender vines can shape-shift just the way you want. Here are the best ways to train your Pothos plant!
Best Ways to Train a Pothos Plant
1. Twirl it Around a Moss Pole
Use a moss pole for its aerial roots to latch on to—mimicking its natural climbing habitat— and encourage upward growth. Secure the vines gently to the pole using plant ties or thread and in time, the plant will grow with it. Here’s how to DIY one.
2. Use a Trellis for Training Pothos
A trellis can help your pothos grow wider and screen larger surfaces—such as a bare wall or window. Why don’t you try a ladder trellis to train your pothos?
They’re really stable and allow your pothos to grow one step at a time! Here’s how to make one.
3. Let it Dangle from a Hanging Basket
Since pothos has long cascading vines, suspend them high in the air with the help of a hanging basket.
Gravity will take care of the rest! Experiment with these versatile pothos varieties to have a mix of colors, patterns, textures, and sizes!
4. Artistic Trellises for Aesthetics
Since this broadleaf perennial with large, glossy foliage grows brilliantly indoors, you can pair it with different kinds of trellises. They don’t just have to be in ladder form; trellises come in all shapes and sizes, and all of them can be used to train pothos effortlessly.
You can also use the ones from your garden as well!
5. Train it on a Tree
Pothos is naturally an epiphytic vine—in its native habitat, it grows on trees to access sunshine. Additionally, it offers shade, preserves humidity, prevents the soil from drying up by providing dense cover, and thus protects the tree!
6. Pothos Training with Wall Art
You can use hooks, adhesives, or wire grids on the wall and train the vines on join the dots! The result will be a living piece of wall art that grows with time and care!
7. Put it High Up
What do cupboards, fridges, wardrobes, and curtain rods have in common? They can also be used to train your pothos so it looks like a flowing green curtain!
8. Train it on an Archway
Utilize your archways, corridors, or doorways as support to create a leafy, jungle-like entrance! It’ll also help freshen up the air in your living spaces, with very little care.
9. Pothos Ceiling Training Idea
A bunch of command hooks and strings are all you need to create a green canopy overhead! Once the vines really get into it, you’ll have a ceiling or wall covered in Devil’s Ivy.
10. Use Bathroom or Kitchen Windows
Bathroom and kitchen windows are usually small and enclosed with moderate filtered sunshine and relatively more humidity than the other rooms in your home. This works perfectly for this tropical vine—just make sure the leaves don’t get splashed!
11. Beautify a Structural Column
Old homes with structural columns or pillars can feel a bit intimidating! Soften the air by using them as a trellis for your pothos plant. The vines might need zip-ties in the beginning to keep them in place, but once the plant matures, you can remove them.
12. Border an Entryway or Kitchen Counter
If you have a kitchen that opens up into the dining room, try putting pothos pots here so they can grow as a countertop overhang, or use them in your entryway. It looks amazing, doesn’t it?
Well, which of these ideas are you excited to try? Do share your thoughts in the comments below!
