Golden Money Plant

Golden money plant

Devil’s ivy, golden pothos has so many names because it’s one of the most popular houseplants in the world. It’s versatile and grows naturally in tropical forests all around the world. It grows up the trunks of large trees, happily living in quite deep shade. That’s how it gets its name, devil’s ivy, because it’s a friend of the darkness. As an indoor plant, its needs are simple. It manages in almost any light conditions, needs infrequent watering and generally just gets on with things.

There are many varieties including glossy plain green, yellow variegated and white variegated. This one is ‘Neon’, Golden Money Plant, bright lime-green-yellow. In its natural environment, the leaves can grow up to a metre in length and width, and given enough time and love, your plant can reach maturity with very large leaves too. This is an ideal beginner’s plant that gives impressive results with very little work from you.

Golden pothos ‘neon’

Epipremnum Aureum ‘Neon’ is an evergreen climber. Pothos even made the top 10 in the NASA Clean Air Study conducted into air purifying houseplants, as it removes the harmful substances present in virtually all households, offices and schools.

The Golden Money Plant is able to neutralise these harmful gases by absorbing them and breaking them down. The air humidity is improved by their regulating evaporation process. As they effectively convert CO² into oxygen, the air becomes healthier.