Trailing Plants: Growing Pothos, Philodendron, String of Pearls, Ivy and Other Cascading Houseplants on Shelves and in Hanging Baskets

A pothos gets put on top of a bookcase because there was nowhere else for it. Some weeks later a stem has crept over the edge, felt its way down the shelves and is resting its tip, rather pleased with itself, on the skirting board. Trailing plants are like that: adaptable, forgiving and very good at filling the high, awkward corners of a room. They are also easy to misunderstand, because the shelf, the hook and the top of the wardrobe offer a quite different climate from the windowsill.

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