9 Indoor Plants That Self Seed

13.03.2024 - 15:39 / balconygardenweb.com / Suyash

What if we told you that there are plants you can grow once, and then multiply for years to come with free seeds? Sounds tempting? Well, these options will put a smile on your face!

Botanical Name: Kalanchoe delagoensis

Before you jump off the chair thinking hey! This doesn’t “seed” at all, wait! We have included it because ultimately, you want free plants, right? So, this might not exactly self seed, but it will provide you plants by using a trick up its sleeve – vegetative reproduction.

The plant produces tiny pups/plantlets on the sides of the leaves. Snip them away and grow in separate pots. Simple!

Botanical Name: Bryophyllum daigremontianum

This one’s the same as the plant above – it just grows in thousands rather than millions! Pun aside, it is a striking specimen, especially when it is full of tiny pups along the edges of the leaves.

You have to follow the same process – simply cut and grow these baby plants into a new pot. These might not be “Seeds,” but they surely serve the same purpose!

Trivia: Mother of Thousands has wider leaves, and its plantlets grow along the leaf edges, while Mother of Millions’ plantlets are at the tips and sides of its leaves.

Botanical Name: Senecio rowleyanus

When it comes to the “seeding” part, this plant flowers and seeds after they get pollinated, but it is not that common. However, you have a way around it! See those tiny, pearl-like leaves that also look like “seeds”? Well, they are capable of sprouting roots themselves!

All you have to do is cut a few of them along with the stem part, put them on the soil surface, and cover them with a very thin layer of the growing medium. They will soon turn into new plants!

Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata

These plants don’t grow flowers and you