About
This robust climbing plant can reach heights of up to 2 meters, featuring shiny, circular leaves and twisting tendrils. It can be trained to ascend a support structure or left to cascade down. As a houseplant, it is adaptable to low humidity levels and can handle inconsistent watering.
About the genus
Cissus includes a range of plants such as perennials, shrubs, and climbing varieties. These species may feature succulent stems or root systems, and they display evergreen foliage that can be simple or palmately lobed. After flowering, they produce clusters of unremarkable flowers that give way to small berries.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H1B
Plant details
- Plant type
- Houseplants
- Habit
- Climbing, Trailing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Houseplants
- Native to
- E Africa to Arabia
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in bright, indirect light. Water moderately during the growing season and apply a high-nitrogen fertiliser monthly; water sparingly in winter. Provide trellis or obelisk if you want the vine to climb. See houseplant cultivation
- Pruning
- Trim back overly-long shoots as needed
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to red spider mite and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free