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purpleinopp said:I've gone for entire decades without fertilizing any of my plants. It's not necessary for them to stay alive, and when plants do grow at their maximum pace, it's a constant job to keep trimming them. Something I enjoy, most of the time, but many would not. A more sedate pace of growth is usually more appreciated for a houseplant. But regardless of the pace of growth, even slow-growing plants can reach a point where their appearance is no longer appealing to their owner, as you have discovered with your arrowhead vine. Newly-planted vine cuttings, like your pot of arrowhead, rarely retain an upright, bush appearance for long. Hoping it will is like hoping a baby won't grow up. It's just not possible for it to stay a juvenile indefinitely. But unlike people, most plants can be manipulated to retain that appearance by trimming and propagating. Possible for arrowhead vine, but not birdnest fern.

The links I posted have many pics of each plant, which will give you an idea of what they *could* do in an ideal environment, and what is generally a normal appearance. Most/many pics have (optional) captions, which can help explain why each photograph was shared, and/or what the photographer is trying to show.

There are also other database entries in the database on this site for various cultivars of each species that can offer more pics.

thanks for pointing me to the database, i tried looking but couldnt see what the stems looked like for most of them as they were all closeup of the leaves. i tried to google and was probably gearing more towards these, short and bushy :





if i propagate them, do i just cut off a couple of leaves, root them in water like you would for mint and then stick them back into my existing plant? thanks!