24 Hanging Basket Plants You can Grow from Cuttings

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Here are the best Hanging Basket Plants You can Grow from Cuttings! They are easy to multiply and great for gifting to your loved ones.

Cascading plants add beauty and style with their trailing stems. Here are the best Hanging Basket Plants You can Grow from Cuttings and multiply easily!

Have a look at the best trailing plants for hanging baskets here


Best Hanging Basket Plants You can Grow from Cuttings

1. Pothos

Hanging Basket Plants You can Grow from Cuttings
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Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum

The variegated foliage of pothos looks amazing in hanging planters. Choose a healthy stem, cut 4-6 inches below the root node, and grow it in water to multiply it easily.

Here’s all you need to know about propagating pothos

2. Silver Dollar Vine

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Botanical Name: Xerosicyos danguyi

Take a healthy leaf from the plant and allow the cut ends to heal. Lay it on a planter filled with the succulent mix, and it will root in 4-6 weeks.

3. String of Bananas

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Botanical Name: Senecio radicans

You can propagate this beautiful hanging plant easily with stem cuttings. Plant it in soil, provide dappled light and keep it moist all the time. It will root in 3-6 weeks.

4. Creeping Fig

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Botanical Name: Ficus pumila

Take a healthy 6-8 inches cutting and propagate as usual in a sterile potting mix. Keep it at a location that gets bright, indirect light. When you see it growing, relocate it in a hanging basket!

Here are the best indoor Ficus plants you can grow

5. String of Pearls

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Botanical Name: Senecio rowleyanus

This hanging succulent is a must-have in the hanging plant collection! You can propagate it easily from stem cuttings. Keep in mind to maintain the moisture of the soil.

Have a look at the best hanging succulent varieties here

6. English Ivy

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Botanical Name: Hedera helix

For growing English ivy, take a stem cutting with at least two sets of leaves. Dip the ends in the rooting hormone and grow it in a pot filled with soil.

Check out our article on growing English Ivy here

7. Inch Plant

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Botanical Name: Tradescantia zebrina

This easy-to-grow, fast-growing vine creates beautiful scenery in hanging baskets. You can easily propagate it from stem cuttings in water.

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8. Ruby’s Necklace

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Botanical Name: Othonna capensis ‘Ruby’s Necklace’

This trailing vine has bean-like foliage with a green-purple hue. It can be propagated from stem cuttings and makes for a beautiful plant for hanging planters.

Check out the best purple vines you can grow here

9. Rex Begonia Vine

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Botanical Name: Cissus javana

The silver-purple leaves on red stems look adorable in hanging baskets. It can be easily grown from stem cuttings. Make sure to keep it away from direct sun.

Here are the best begonia types you can grow

10. Philodendron

Botanical Name: Philodendron

Philodendrons are one of the easiest plants to grow from cuttings. We have a great article on growing them in the water here

Check out our article on growing Philodendron indoors here

11. Black-Eyed Susan Vine

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Botanical Name: Thunbergia alata

Snip off a 6-8 inches long stem, remove the lower leaves, and root in a pot filled with potting mix. This beautiful vine looks charming in hanging baskets.

Here are the easy to grow indoor vines and climbers 

12. String of Nickels

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Botanical Name: Dischidia nummularia

Take a short stem cutting and leave it for a day to dry. Place it on sphagnum moss and when you notice it forming roots, transfer them to a hanging basket filled with orchid bark mix.

13. Wax Ivy

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Botanical Name: Senecio macroglossus

It looks-like ivy and offers daisy-like blooms. To propagate it, take 4-6 inches long cuttings and keep it in a glass of water. Change the water every 2-3 days and when it develops roots, transfer it to a hanging basket.

Check out the best types of Senecio here

14. Grape Ivy

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Botanical Name: Cissus rhombifolia

Grape ivy can be a great addition to hanging baskets. Take 4-6 inches cutting and put it in a glass of water. In 5-6 weeks, the cutting will form roots, and then you can transfer it to a growing medium.

15. Burro’s Tail

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Botanical Name: Sedum morganianum

Hanging stems with plumped green leaves look stunning in hanging baskets. You can grow it from stem cuttings in a planter filled with a succulent mix.

Have a look at the best Sedum varieties here

16. Chinese Money Plant

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Botanical Name: Pilea peperomioides

This good luck plant with coin-like green foliage produces baby plantlets in the bottom. Just take them using a sharp knife and grow them in a new pot to multiply!

Check out the best Pilea varieties you can grow indoors here

17. String of buttons

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Botanical Name: Crassula perforata

This easy-to-grow plant has beautiful green foliage with red edges. You can grow it from cuttings by taking a leaf from the main plant and grow in well-draining soil.

18. String of Turtles

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Botanical Name: Peperomia prostrata

The shell-like patterns on the leaves resemble the turtle’s back. This semi-succulent can be grown from 2-3 inches of stem cutting easily.

19. Calico Kitten

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Botanical Name: Crassula pellucida ‘Variegata’

This colorful succulent can be grown from stem cuttings. Allow the cutting to dry for a day, and then grow in a well-draining potting mix.

20. Prayer Plant

Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura

The patterned foliage of this beautiful houseplant looks lovely in hanging planters. To grow, take stem cutting below the nodes. Propagate in a mixture of moist perlite and peat.

21. Baby Sun Rose

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Botanical Name: Aptenia cordifolia

You can propagate Aptenia by taking 3-5 inches long stem from a healthy plant. Allow it to heal for 2-3 days, and plant it in a potting mix.

22. Asparagus Fern

Botanical Name: Asparagus setaceus

Though you cannot grow the plant from cuttings, it grabs a place on this list because of its sheer beauty! You can easily propagate it through division.

23. Mint

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Botanical Name: Mentha

You can grow mint cuttings in both soil and water to have a fresh supply in your kitchen! The herb also looks great in small hanging baskets.

Here’s all you need to know about growing mint

24. Impatiens

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Botanical Name: Impatiens walleriana

Impatiens are really easy to propagate. Simply snip off 4-6 inches cutting from a healthy plant and grow it in water or soil. It does best near a bright window. Check out our article on growing Impatiens here.

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