I love these plants, even though this one is a little bit ugly right now. It’s ugly because it had to be.

My mom had one in my room growing up so now, I have one in my room. They are low maintenance and (BONUS!) clean the air.

There are also 2 of these on the front porch. The plants grow full and then cascade over the side & turn into a vine. It’s actually kind of fascinating to observe through the seasons. A little piece will make is way out of the pot, down the side, through the mulch and across the concrete. The vine begins attaching itself to what ever it touches, growing sprawling roots every inch or so. It’s weird how they’ll attach to concrete – a place where nothing is supposed to grow.

Living things grow. They always find a way to grow.

Then, along comes winter and the front porch plants have to become living room plants. They can endure a lot – low light, lots of light, little water, grow in water, really hot temps, and almost freezing temps. All these things affect the color of the leaves and how they grow, but nonetheless, they grow.

Coming in for winter means ripping the vines from places that I, as the plant owner, never intended for them to grow. They grew, but not the most healthy way. I let them grow. I kept watering them. The vines grew farther this year than last year or the year before that. But winter is coming and if those vines aren’t ripped from the places they’re growing, the whole thing will die. It’s time to come in for winter. Come into the shelter. Come into warmth. Come sit by the fireplace for a while and just sit pretty. Spring will come right on time, the growing, porch-sitting weather will return and because the roots were yanked up before winter, they’ll grow again, even longer than before.

What do you need to rip up so you can grow healthily?

He is the Wind.