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How to Grow and Care for Piggyback Plant

Piggyback Plant, also known as Mother of Thousands, Youth on Age, Pick-a-back Plant, Thousand Mothers

Piggyback Plant is a low-maintenance plant ideal for beginners, thriving in consistently moist soil and partial shade. Special care includes avoiding direct sunlight to prevent leaf scorch and ensuring regular watering without waterlogging the soil. With its adaptability to various indoor environments, piggyback Plant can flourish with minimal fuss.

Watering schedule: Every week

Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun

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Planting and Growing Piggyback Plant

Toughness	High
Care Level	Medium
Care Difficulty	Easy
Lifespan	Perennial
Watering Schedule	Every week
Sunlight Requirements	Partial sun
Soil Type	Potting Mix, Garden Soil
Soil pH	5.5-6.5
Hardiness Zones	7-9

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Varieties of Piggyback Plant

Piggyback plant 'Taff's Gold'

Piggyback plant 'Taff's Gold' is a Piggyback plant cultivar with leaves that are variegated with gold. The parent plant and other varieties have simply green foliage or are variegated with shades of white and cream. The name not only refers to the gold leaves but also to Stephen Taffler, who discovered the plant.

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Piggyback Plant is characterized by its lush, maple leaf-shaped foliage which often forms a thick ground cover reaching up to 1 foot (30 cm) in height. During spring, piggyback Plant produces discreet racemes of small, tubular purplish-brown flowers that are known to attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. A distinctive feature is its ability to produce plantlets at the junction where the leaf stem meets the mature leaf. These emergent plantlets, upon falling, can root autonomously to propagate piggyback Plant. Additionally, piggyback Plant can grow laterally underground through its rhizome system.