Indoors
Heartleaf philodendron
Philodendron hederaceum
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
The heartleaf philodendron comes from tropical America, from Mexico to Brazil. It has heart-shaped leaves on long stems that can trail from a shelf or climb a support. It is tough and copes well with partial shade.
Heartleaf philodendron and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- calcium oxalates: burning and irritation of the mouth, lips and tongue, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 7 days in summer (April to September), every 12 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 15–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
As easy as pothos: trim the vines and root the cuttings in water.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.