Epipremnum aureum is an all-round talent.

It is a climbing plant that can grow up to heights of 20 metres. The plant has aerial roots. which climbs on trees or other supports, and it develops up to 4 cm thick stems. The aerial roots form hook-like extensions, which cling to in their natural habitat on the branches of trees. To be able to climb it needs climbing aids, such as tree trunks, posts, fences, trellises or walls.

Note: The aerial roots can not be removed completely again from columns or walls of houses  and can damage them.

Epipremnum aureum grows in almost any soil, as well as in a vase filled with water, where it drives roots. As a young plant can be planted as ground cover in a shady area where the new shoots horizontally will soon have covered the soil. Or is suitable as a hanging plant for planting on slopes and embankments. Here, the plant can grow vertically suspended.

The plant thrives in pots in the garden and indoor as well.

If the plant is too big and spread too widely, it can be prune.

The leafes have a heart-shaped leaf blade, which are very disinct in young plants, in older plants, however the leafes are irregular divided. The leaves can be up to 100 cm long and 45 cm wide. The leafes of young plants are much smaller, typically less than 10 cm long.

This perennial herbaceous plant is evergreen. The leafes are green and have a striking yellow-or gold-colored marbling. There are several commercially subspecies with different pattern and leaf color, ranging from the almost entirely golden yellow to light green to creamy white.

Epipremnum aureum prefers bright shade or partial shade. The plant can tolerate weaker lighting and shadows, but the leaves lose their attractive colored pattern.The more a species is marbled, the more light it needs for healthy growth.

Can cope with constantly moist soil as well as with drier soils and a short drought.

All parts of this plant is poisonous because of the toxic calcium oxalate crystals, but toxic only if large quantities are eaten, resulting in severe pain in the mouth, lips, throat and tongue.

Propagation: by head-cuttings, which should have at least three leaf nodes. The cuttings can be put into the water where it drives roots or plant the cuttings directly on the new location. Up to rooting needs only slightly moist soil and keep the soil dry between waterings.