Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: What is your Oldest Houseplant?, 1 by ladyrowan

ladyrowan wrote:
We have a dracaena at work that has been there for more than 10 years! At home, I have two plants that were pawned off on me by a friend. She had both of them for about 5 years. One is a giant peace lily, and the other is a beautiful split-leaf philodendron. She kept the split-leaf on the ground, and because she didn't like to bend over and move the leaves, she ended up vacuuming over them. The poor things were very bedraggled when I inherited them.

I cut the philodendron back more than halfway, and this is what it looks like now, after more than 8 months. It has grown almost 6 feet long, and has more than doubled the number of leaves on the top of the plant. Today my living room, tomorrow.... the WORLD!! The peace lily is almost entirely new growth. Every leaf that it had when I got it was torn, or broken, and it was falling over. It is now very healthy, and in need of a new home. I can barely open my front door without running into it... anyone need a new houseplant???

Lori