My spider plant was the first houseplant I owned after my dad grew it for me from a spiderette (a baby spider plant). I propagated it for years, creating a vast collection of new plants. They just kept on coming! Until one day, I decided to stop snipping off the spiderettes and let them keep growing. The result? I ended up with a beautifully elegant cascading spider plant - a botanical feature that always gets my guests talking.
If you're familiar with caring for a spider plant, you'll know that spiderettes grow on long stems from the middle of the plant. Instead of propagating a spider plant with these offshoots, you can let them grow bigger and turn your plant into a hanging houseplant by elevating it. You end up with clusters of spiderettes hanging from your plant. Now that I've experimented with this styling technique, I personally think there is no better way to display spider plants.
