Pothos

About it

Kind

Foliage · Perennial

Family

Araceae

Mature size

to 7 in tall

Sun

Part shade

Spacing

6 in apart

Soil depth in a pot

At least 6 in

Water

About every 7 days

ⓘ We don't know this plant's soil pH and feeding needs yet.

When to plant

We don't have planting times for Pothos yet.

Planting partners

No cited companion planting notes for Pothos yet.

Safety for pets and children

• Cats Listed as a problem for cats (NC State Extension) — Medium severity; in the flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds and stems; toxic principle: Calcium oxalate crystals
• Dogs Listed as a problem for dogs (NC State Extension) — Medium severity; in the flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds and stems; toxic principle: Calcium oxalate crystals
• Horses Listed as a problem for horses (NC State Extension) — Medium severity; in the flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds and stems; toxic principle: Calcium oxalate crystals
• Children No information in our sources

If a pet or child eats part of this plant, call your vet or poison control.

Read from NC State Extension ↗.

"No information" means our sources do not say, not that the plant is harmless. A non-toxic listing is not a reason to let anyone eat a plant.

Pests and diseases

No pest or disease notes for Pothos yet.

Check the label and your local extension service before using any product.

Where this comes from

• category NC State Extension ↗ Grown entirely for its leaves; the Toolbox records no bloom period and lists it as a Houseplant
• climate requirement NC State Extension ↗ The Toolbox publishes no hardiness zone and lists the plant as a Houseplant; ch. 18 of the Handbook has it in the indoor-plant tables. frost_tolerant is still recorded, and false, because a pothos that summers on a doorstep is in an outdoor plot and should be warned about
• edible NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox: Poisonous to Humans, medium severity; toxic principle calcium oxalate crystals
• family npgsweb.ars-grin.gov ↗ GRIN page: Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G. S. Bunting
• growth rate NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox Growth Rate: Medium
• life cycle NC State Extension ↗
• mature height in NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox Height: 0 ft 6 in - 0 ft 8 in; midpoint. The height of the mound, not the length of the vine
• min soil depth in NC State Extension ↗ Handbook ch. 18: "Shallow-rooted annual plants and vegetables ... need a minimum potting mix depth of 6 inches to 8 inches"; low end, as 0039 did
• space requirement NC State Extension ↗ A stand-in, not a published spacing. The Toolbox's Width (13-40 ft) is the vine's run as a ground cover, not a footprint; a potted pothos occupies its crown, taken as the low end of the Toolbox's own 6-8 in Height. Rows equal plants, since a houseplant is not row-planted
• species NC State Extension ↗
• sunlight NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox Light: Dappled Sunlight, Deep Shade, Partial Shade; recorded as the brightest of the three, as the other foliage rows did
• toxicity NC State Extension ↗ toxic for cat, dog, horse from the page's "Problem for" listing. Severity, parts and principle are the page's poison characteristics for the whole plant.
• water frequency days NC State Extension ↗ Handbook ch. 18 publishes no interval for indoor foliage plants: it gives the check ("stick a finger 2 inches to 3 inches into the potting mix, and if the mix is dry, the plant should be watered"). Seven days is how often the app asks the gardener to make that check, not a published figure