Good Indoor Vining Plants

Ivy

• Most indoor ivy tolerate low light levels, but will produce larger and more colorful leaves if it receives bright, indirect sunshine. Ivy plants can become enormous but are best pruned back to encourage branching and thick growth. Keep ivy in a cool room with day temperatures below 70 degrees F and allow the top inch of soil to dry out between watering.

Pothos

• The pothos or devil's ivy -- Epipremnum aureum or Scindapsis aureus -- is a tough indoor plant with long stems and glossy, heart shaped green leaves streaked with yellow. It will scramble up a moss pole to form a thick shrub or trail from a hanging basket. Grow pothos in bright light to encourage leaf color and keep at over 70 degrees for optimal growth.

Vining Philodendrons

• Philodendros are similar to the pothos vines with glossy, heart-shaped leaves. There are a number of species and cultivars available as indoor plants, many of which grow in poor light. The common heartleaf philodendron -- Philodendron scandens -- is particularly suited to low light rooms. Keep their soil most but never waterlogged and mist regularly. Philodendrons grow best at day temperatures above 75 degrees.

Hoya

• Hoya -- Hoya carnosa -- is an almost indestructible indoor vine which also produces fragrant, pink flowers. It produces fleshy, sometimes hairy, leaves and clusters of small flowers with five petals. Hoyas grow slowly in low light but will not flower. Place your Hoya in bright, indirect sunshine and allow it to become root bound to encourage flowering.

Grape Ivy

• Grape ivy -- Cissus rhombifolia -- produces glossy green leaves with three leaflets and can grow up to eight feet long. It tolerates low light levels but is vulnerable to root rot and fungal infections if kept in cool, damp conditions with little air movement. It prefers temperatures below 80 degrees. Propagate grape ivy from cuttings rooted in spring or fall.