I've contributed to a few ABC Lifestyle articles recently. This one, Easy indoor plant hacks: things you can don to make your plants look extra lush written by Anna Chisholm. Anna talks to myself, Tamara Campbell of horticulturist and founder/owner of In Bloom Horticulture, Dr Greg Moore of University of Melbourne and Mike Sullivan of Secateur Me Baby
Friday 7th March 2025
How to make devil's ivy extra leafy
Horticulturalist Tamara Campbell is the owner of an indoor plant store in Naarm/Melbourne, and she says devil's ivy vines can be prone to bald patches.
A portion of bald devil's ivy vine with visible nodes. (ABC Lifestyle: Anna Chisholm)
To remedy this, she suggests cutting back some of the vines and propagating cuttings. Once established, "pop [them] back into the soil and fill out the space more".
"It will also encourage the plant … to branch out and thicken up."
Ms Campbell says the "other option" is to "wind the bald stem around the pot and pin it down so it's in contact with the soil".
She says nodes along the stem "will activate and send down roots and … a new shoot of foliage [will] come out".
Plant enthusiast Mike Sullivan says devil's ivy vines can lose their leaves for a multitude of reasons, from a lack of sunlight to under-watering.