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4.7 out of 5 (1001 experiences)


About Spider Plant
Spider plants are an incredibly popular houseplant known for their ability to grow plantlets along their stems. These plantlets can be removed and grown to create new plants! Spider plants are used as a charm of protection by the Nguni people of South Africa, who dip the roots of spider plants in water to make a tea for pregnant mothers. 🫖
Taxonomy
Chlorophytum comosum
Chlorophytum
Asparagaceae
Asparagales
Also known as
Spider Ivy, St. Bernard's Lily, Ribbon Plant, Airplane Plant, Variegated Bonnie Spider Plant, Chlorophytum zebrina, Spider-less Plant and reverse spider plant

How to care for Spider Plant
How often to water your Spider Plant

every 9
Spider Plant needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Spider Plant in your home

a window
Spider Plant can tolerate being far from a window and light source.
Place it less than 6 feet from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive 💪.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Spider Plant in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Spider Plant

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Spider Plant after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Hey New to plants just got this spider plant! It has some brown leaves. Bent leaves and wilting leaves wondering if I should prune some of them or let it do its thing? Any advice to bring it back to life would be greatly appreciated! #SpiderPlant
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Plant in quarantine ✅ Detective hat on ✅ I trimmed a ton of brown tips from this guy this morning which got me looking at it a little more closely. I saw some teeny dark specs on the leaves that could very well just be soil, but into quarantine it goes just in case. I’m running out of spaces to quarantine but managed to snag a bit of window sill in my partner’s office (the only windowed room not full of plants… yet). So fingers crossed that the trim + the maybe improved light situation are all that’s needed 🤞 Happy Easter Greg gang!
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All watered
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What is this?? Spider plant is growing this new thing and I’m not sure what it is. I thought it was gonna be babies but now I’m not sure it just looks kind of weird. Anyone know what this is? #SpiderPlant
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My spider plant is finally having her first babies🥹
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Weird growth on leaf? #SpiderPlant What is this?! Just an update, this is not a spider pup, it is impossible for it to grow them out of the leaf.
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Why is the tips of my spider plant browning and what should I do ? #SpiderPlant
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Meet my new plant Emerson! Found this adorable planter on Amazon. 🤗🥰. #SpiderPlant
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Root rot spider plant and spideretes! My spider plant recently got root rot. I refreshed its soil but didn’t realise I should’ve cut of the rotting roots and rinsed the plant off. Had this plant for a couple of years and has now got baby spiders. One still hasn’t got cut of. Is root rot contagious and might the baby spider get affected?
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My spider plant is about to flower for the first time ever! I'm so excited!
Care Summary for Spider Plant
Spider Plant
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 6ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.

What other plant parents say












This is the only plant I didn’t kill when I first started getting into my green thumb. I have overwatered it, under-watered it, had its roots overgrow their pot and it still continues to grow for me(although it’s leaves brown very fast).




