Want Fast Multiplying Indoor Plants? We’ve got a list of the Best Houseplants to Propagate Within a Month!
Propagating houseplants is fun, but sometimes, even the best can lose their patience. But not with these indoor plants that multiply fast. Why? Because these houseplants propagate within a month. Don’t believe us? See for yourself.
Houseplants to Propagate Within a Month
1. Spider Plant
Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum
You can easily propagate Spider plants by diving their offsets. Once the spiderettes develop the roots, you can simply detach them and pot them up.
2. Pothos
Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum
Pothos is a wonder that will grow in less than a month. Take a cutting with a few nodes and plant it in a glass of water. In just 1-2 weeks, it will develop roots, which you can then transfer to a pot.
3. Snake Plant
Botanical Name: Sansevieria trifasciata
Snake plants are also like Pothos and you can divide these via leaf cuttings. Cut a leaf into small sections and plant these in a tray filled with potting soil. All of these will grow into tiny little snake plants in no time.
4. Coleus
Botanical Name: Plectranthus scutellarioides
Coleus is typically propagated from stem cuttings. Take a cutting with several nodes, remove the lower leaves, and place it in water or soil. After about 2 weeks, roots will develop, and the cutting can be potted.
5. African Violet
Botanical Name: Saintpaulia
You can propagate African Violets via leaf and stem cuttings. Leaf cuttings will take 6-8 weeks, but stem cuttings are faster and develop roots in just 4-5 weeks.
6. Jade Plant
Botanical Name: Crassula ovata
Propagating the Jade plant is fast and easy. Take a cutting, let it callous, and then stick it in a pot filled with soil. It will root in about 10 days. Just mist it occasionally.
7. Prayer Plant
Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura
You can propagate Prayer Plants by stem cuttings and also division. Prayer Plants need only 2-4 weeks to root in moist soil. But you can speed it up with a rooting hormone like honey.
8. English Ivy
Botanical Name: Hedera helix
English Ivy is another lovely houseplant that you can propagate within a month. You need a stem cutting, a glass of water, and just 10-12 days for it to grow.
9. Peperomia
Botanical Name: Peperomia spp.
Pepromia stem cuttings also grow quite fast. Root them in moist, warm soil, and they will be ready in about 3-5 weeks.
10. Boston Fern
Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata
Boston Ferns are best propagated by dividing the plant’s runners. The plant will be ready in a few weeks. Don’t go with spore propagation, as that takes time.
11. Kalanchoe
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe spp.
Kalanchoe plant cuttings also root in well-draining soil in about 10-15 days, so you can grow many of these houseplants within a month. They make pretty gifts for friends and loved ones.
12. Aloe Vera
Botanical Name: Aloe vera
Did you know you could have as many Aloe plants as you want for their benefits in just a month? Mature plants grow separate pups, so when they are big enough, cut them off and plant them in a new container.
13. ZZ Plant
Botanical Name: Zamioculcas zamiifolia
You’ll have to remove ZZ plants from the pot to divide them. Use clean tools to divide the plant’s rhizomes and grow them in separate pots. In a few weeks, they’ll start growing bigger into new plants.
14. Swiss Cheese Plant
Botanical Name: Monstera deliciosa
Swiss Cheese Plants are one of the easiest houseplants to propagate within a month by taking stem cuttings. Make sure it has at least one node and an aerial root. It will take only 4 or 5 weeks to root.
15. Philodendrons
If you regrow Philodendrons from stem cuttings, they will form new roots in 2-4 weeks. Once the roots are about an inch long, you can transplant them into a separate pot.
16. Succulents
You can propagate many types of succulents quickly from leaf cuttings. You just need to allow the cuttings to dry and callous over before placing them on top of well-draining soil. Graptopetalum, Sedum, and Echeveria are perfect for the job!
17. Tradescantia
Botanical Name: Tradescantia spp.
Tradescantias are great houseplants that you can propagate in just a couple of weeks. Follow the same drill–take a cutting, grow it in water, and then transplant it once it forms the roots.
