Wow, Chasing Hawk, that's a whole BUNCH of plants you have there! A very nice display, for sure.

Thanks!! Donna

They are all easy to grow. Right now, if you have the space, set them outside where they get a little sun, but not a lot.

The dieffenbachia, or dumb cane, 3rd plant 1st row, is easy peasy. Just give it water, light, and a bit of fertilizer once in awhile and it will grow. The lower leaves will eventually die, and it does that up the stalk. Then whack the stalk off, put the top in water, and it will root in a couple of weeks. The remainder of the stalk in the pot will put out another plant.

The scheffelera, 1st plant 2nd row is about the same. It is also called the umbrella plant. Treat that one as the one above.

1st pic 1st row: don't know what the proper name is, I have always called it the arrowhead plant. It is a vine, and does well in a hanging planter. The treatment is the same as the others two above.


The pink one gets leggy. I don't know the name. Snip off the shoots if they get too long. I believe they will also root in water.


I know nothing about the 3rd plant 2nd row except it's name--birds nest fern.

and the last one is an English ivy which I always kill, or it gets red spider mites and I throw it out.

Hope this helps.

Bless you for trying to keep your Mom's plants going. My mother died 17 months ago and I am doing the same. It feels good to take care of them and remember they were hers. They have done well and she would be proud to see them bloom. My cousin has a Christmas cactus that belonged to our grandmother who died in early 1980. It is huge now and thriving. Life goes on.
I am sorry for your loss, it is like no other.

I think the last one is an ivy... I find them very hard to grow too. I wish florists would give more info about these plants. That would be such a nice gesture, especially funeral plants. I feel too that plants I got from my mom and dads funeral need to stay alive... it seems symbolic to me too. good luck. quilter 1234

I agree with Aronel as to the names of the plants. Keep the philodendron alive and happy as it is one of the best plants at cleaning up bad gases in your house. Give it a trellis to climb on and keep it fed and watered. Good luck.

All of these are great house plants! Lets talk about lighting. Place these plants where they recieve filtered light. THat is not direct sunlight. You should be able to put your hand above the plant and just see a faint shadow. Then they also should have weak miracle grow once a month at least. Water lightly once a week. That is mostly it. Trim off any dead leaves when they occur and dust them off a couple times a year.

Oh, when you transplant only go up one pot size and use a good potting soil from miracle grow that has the time release fertilizer and moisture control built into it.

Sounds like you are taking excellent care of your plants already!
The thing I have found to work really well instead of the spikes is a granular time release fertilizer that you use only every few months. I think the name is Osmocote (may not have spelled that correctly). You should be able to find it at any garden center.

I judge when a plant needs water, is if I put my finger in the dirt and it is dry to the first knuckle i water it. Remember, you can kill a house plant with too much water, and I think that is what most people do. Put them in indirect light and I am sure they will revive. Usually unless lyou keep a very warm house, they only need watering once or twice a week.

what she said but the last one lookes like some kind off ivy