16 Indoor Plants that Grow From Just One Leaf

You just need a pot (of soil or water) and a single leaf with a bit of petiole or cutting to propagate most of the plants on this list. Isn’t it easy?

Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum

To propagate pothos from a leaf, remove a healthy one with a bit of a petiole attached to it. Plant it in a well draining potting mix and watch it become a plant in no time!

Botanical Name: Philodendron species

This grows the same as pothos – Cut a leaf with a short stalk, place it in water or potting mix and it’ll be a new plant, soon.

Botanical Name: Syngonium podophyllum

Arrowhead can be propagated by cutting off a mature leaf and placing it in moist perlite or vermiculite. Do note that this way, it will be a stand aloneleaf plant. You will have to take a 4-6 inches long cutting along with a leaf to make it a full grown plant in the future.

Botanical Name: Crassula ovata

Take a healthy leaf and allow it to dry for 5-6 days (Callous). Once done, place it in a pot with cut section buried in the soil – do not cover the leaf with the growing medium. Moisten the soil and make sure it gets plenty of bright and indirect light.

Growing the plant this way will take a long time though!

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica

Take a mature healthy leaf and place it in water (You can also plant it directly in a pot filed with a well draining medium) until roots form. Once roots are established, transfer them to a pot with well-draining soil.

Botanical Name: Tradescantia zebrina

An easy propagator, wandering jew can grow roots from just a leaf node (Snip a single leaf with a node attached to it) and place it in water or moist soil. You will soon spot new growth!

Botanical Name: Saintpaulia

Propagating these plants from leaf cuttings is an easy way to create new specimens