Variegated Spider plant, Airplane Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

MINE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WITH THE BABIES ,I HAVE TO TRANSPLANT IM NOT GOOD AT ,AOT OF THE LEAVES HAVE TO CUT OFF TOTTALY DEAD BROWN AND SOME OF THE BABIES ONES I LIKE TO TRY AND DO IT TODAY ANY SUGGUSTION DO I JUTS CUT OFF THE DEAD LONG LEVES BEFORE PUTTING INTO NEW POT?AND WHY DO THE ENDS OF OR THE TIPS OF SPIDERPLANTS TURN BROWN ALOT OF PEOPLES I SEE DO THIS AND THEY JUST CUT THEM ON A ANGLE BUT THEY TURN BROWN AGAIN ,I LIKE TI SAVE MY BABIES SOME I THINK I CAN JUST CLEAN UP THE BAD BROWN ONES AWY FROM THEM ,HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON THANK YOU FOR TELLIG ME THE NAMES OF IT YOUR FRIEND LEMON.ADRESS NEILKIM@CYBEBEACH.NET

I use this plant as a landscape perennial. Plants will freeze back, but come right back in the spring. Although our winters are not generally frigid in the Texas hill country, these plants have made it through ice storms and temperatures in the 20's. They also seem to be quite deer resistant and are very easy to grow.

Do you think a spider plant will do well hanging in an east-facing window that has no outside tree shade?

Thanks for your comments

Lemon... My houseplant book says that the ends of the leaves brown because of hot air or because they need to be fed with every watering. I don't know how much I believe this though, because I don't feed mine. The only one I have inside is located in my bathroom, and it does NOT get brown tipped leaves. Maybe, because of the humidity.

Beauchamp... last year, I had two in planters on my front porch which faces east. They got about 3 hours of sun and thrived all summer long.

Texsun... I put a five in the ground here in N. Texas late last year after pulling them out of the planters and they are coming back. We got down to 17 degrees this winter. Two are even on the north side of the house. Of course my wax begonia's are also coming back again, so I don't always trust hardiness when it comes to plants that are "expendable". I would rather test the boundaries than throw them in the compost in the fall.

I don't feed mine at all! They just stay there in the pot till the roots fill the pot and that can be known by the "ungreen" look of the leaves. I mean the darker green does not show, only more yellow. That is the time I take it out and divide. Better plants, I think, grow from the 'babies' that are found hanging at the tips. This one (in the picture above) still remains in the same pot and doing quite well though the tips are brownish due to the summer heat. They can tolerate the tropical summer pretty well even though when in full sun. but it needs water only a bit more.

I have found that the leaves turn brown if they are in full sun all day. Sometimes the whole leaf will yellow and then brown if they receive too much water. They do best in full shade, part sun and filtered sun in my hot Texas location.

Any tips on growing this plant as a houseplant? I'd like to try a south or west facing window, both get a couple of hours of direct sun a day. Any thoughts? P.S. I don't like the babies much, can I just keep using them to start new plants?

htop, that's just about the most beneficial conditions that will help the plant thrive without trouble. I've tried it in full sun and full shade, water daily and scantily. But the 'standard' is somewhere in the middle.

I first saw this plant long ago when my dad was visiting his brother in Huntington Beach. My Aunt called it an 'airplane plant', but since then I'd only heard it called a 'spider plant'.

I've had these plants for years and years...so easy to grow...and architecturally pleasing with the 'parachuting' descendants.