45 Amazing House Plants That Can Be Water Propagated

The Aluminum Plant, also known as the watermelon pilea,  is a herbaceous houseplant that can be water propagated from cuttings from a mother plant.

It is a tropical plant that can be grown indoors in a warm, humid environment in bright indirect light – avoid full sun.

The Amazon Blue is a houseplant that can be water propagated using a cutting from the stem.

This sub-tropical perennial blooms almost all year and produces awesome-cut flowers.

It blooms from mid-summer through autumn when cultivated annually and is a wonderful enhancement for a terrarium.

Plant propagation is achieved by placing stem cuttings in room-temperature water.

This tropical evergreen herbaceous shrub is erect and bushy and grows up to two feet tall. 

The popular American Rubber Plant is another houseplant that can be water propagated either using its glossy leaf cuttings or from a stem cutting.

Angel’s Trumpet doesn’t like tap water but needs water that has sat in a bucket for at least 24 hours to let any chemicals evaporate.

If you see significant wilting or pale foliage or your plant seems stressed or unhappy, try less sun. 

Angel’s Trumpet can be water propagated from a stem cutting.

The Jade plant is a subtropical broadleaf evergreen succulent and a popular houseplant.

Ovata refers to the egg-shaped leaves, and Crassula ovata is a popular houseplant that can be water propagated using leaf cuttings or stem-cutting.

Jade plants, like coleus plants, throw new roots quickly but should not be left in direct sunlight when small.

The Cape Jasmine is a patented houseplant that can be water propagated from a stem cutting.

It prefers partial or bright indirect sunlight as its leaves may bronze in the full sun and become scorched.

Dianthus should be planted in full sun but can tolerate some shade.

To avoid root rot and fungal diseases, well-drained soil and good air circulation are necessary.  

Dianthus will grow in different soil types, preferring neutral to slightly alkaline soil, but can tolerate some acidity. 

Another houseplant that can be water-propagated via stem cuttings is the Chinese Evergreen.

Once propagated, place the plant in diffuse sun or good indirect light.

Keep the potting mix moist from spring to fall and reduce watering during the winter. 

This plant tolerates full or partial shade but thrives in moist, rich, loose soil.

Full sun may cause plants to wilt, and leggy growth may result from complete shadow.

If desired, pinching the stem tips can make the plant bushier.

Cuttings of this houseplant can be easily rooted in room temperature water, increasing the number of new plants you can swap or sell.

The beautiful copper leaf can be water-propagated via leaf or stem.

Acalypha works well in containers with their inflorescence dangling from a hanging basket.

This is a low-maintenance indoor plant that’s easy to grow and propagate.

Growing plants like this are easy, but they have tiny roots when they first start.

As the name indicates, this plant is native to the dry areas in sub-Saharan Africa and Saudi Arabia and is the ideal plant for drought-tolerant gardens and very sunny hot spots. 

This houseplant can be water-propagated from a stem cutting of a mother plant.

This tropical plant can grow indoors and may reach about 5 feet high and wide in a container. It should be placed in a southern, western, or eastern exposure with filtered light.

This houseplant can be propagated in water from a stem cutting.

There’s no doubt about this plant’s ability to propagate itself.

As a semi-invasive species, cuttings taken from the adult part of the plant develop into a shrub form and quickly spread. They are easy to propagate from the existing plant.

It is simple to water-propagate this lovely variegated houseplant from a stem cutting.

Provide it with high humidity, indirect light, and loose, fertile soil high in organic matter.

To avoid rot, water the plant thoroughly and then wait until the top inch of soil is fully dry before watering it again.

Not quite as easy to grow as a rubber plant is, the fiddleleaf is easy to propagate using water and the plant’s leaf.

The plant prefers medium light, dry soil, an RH above 50%, and temperatures above 55°F (~13°C).

Another patented branching succulent that is great as a houseplant can be water propagated from a stem cutting in summer.

This succulent prefers full sun but tolerates light to partial shade in hot summer climates.

Plant your H. ‘Firecracker’ in an area with six hours of sunlight daily.

Because these plants are hybrids, their children grown from seeds won’t have their parent’s characteristics.

It can be kept as a houseplant but requires strong light, a cooler environment, and high humidity.

Use a stem cutting to water propagate this houseplant.

This beautiful houseplant can be propagated via layering or cuttings.  

It prefers high humidity, light brightness, but not direct sunshine, and an average temperature of 60 to 85 °F (~16 – 30°C).

Darker green cultivars won’t need as much sunlight as variegated ones.

Like all Monstera, they are very easy to propagate from a leaf node.

The Inch Plant does best in filtered sun, average room temperatures, and moist but well-drained soil.  

Like all plants, reduce watering in the winter. Plants can be pruned back hard every spring, and these cuttings can be used for propagation by simply placing them in fresh potting soil or using water propagation methods.

The Italian Clematis is a houseplant that can be water-propagated from stem cuttings.

Plant in full sun, but give the roots some shelter. Italian clematis blooms on fresh wood; therefore, in the early spring, severely trim it back to a height of around one foot.

This tropical plant is frequently grown inside, where it does best in bright to moderate light, neutral to cold ambient temperature, and moderate humidity.

Propagation can be done in water propagation using leaf cuttings or stem cuttings.

The Lipstick Plant is an epiphyte that in nature lives in damp forests.

When grown indoors, use well-draining soil and water with tepid water.

The plant thrives under artificial light and enjoys warmth and humidity.

This popular Feng Shui plant can be water-propagated from stem cuttings.

It thrives indoors under filtered light and prefers water without chlorine and a little liquid fertilizer.

The lucky bamboo should use water propagation from stem cuttings.

All the Begonia houseplants can be water-propagated using their leaves or stem cuttings.

The medium-growing, low-maintenance maple leaf begonia can mature to a size of up to 2 feet by 2 feet.

This plant is easy to propagate. making it perfect for new growers

This popular succulent houseplant can be water-propagated using its leaves.

These beginner-friendly houseplants are easy to care for and grow best in bright light and well-drained soil with a little organic matter.

Reviewing all the houseplants that can be water propagated, I included this woody tree in the Rutaceae (citrus) family.

Keep in a bright area indoors; south-facing windows will let in the most light.

Hand-pollinate flowers and keep fertilizing the plant every three months to grow fruit indoors.

This friend from Mexico is an epiphyte houseplant using stem cuttings that can be water propagation methods.

Unlike other cacti, the Disocactus needs water, and flowing only happens when the plant has had its tenth birthday when it is large enough.

The parlor maple can be grown as a houseplant after being propagated from seed or stem cuttings.

New plant stems should be pinched to promote a more robust growth pattern.

It will consistently bloom throughout the growing season with colorful, spectacular bell-shaped flowers that are large and showy.

The “Peace Lily” thrives indoors in damp but not waterlogged soil.

Between waterings, the soil should be allowed to dry out.

Use water that has been allowed to sit at room temperature so the chlorine can evaporate. This houseplant should use water propagation from stem cuttings to create baby plants.

This beautiful plant, also known as the freckled face, is another one of the houseplants that can be water-propagated from stem cuttings.

Foliage and variegation can be green and white or pink and green.

This plant needs a minimum of two hours of sunlight daily and can withstand full sun. But don’t put a new plant in direct sunlight.

Growing plants like Pothos is a fairly simple houseplant to cultivate that prefers medium light but not direct sunshine.

Even in low light, it can endure for extended periods. In between waterings, let the well-drained potting soil dry out.

New plants can be created easily with stem cuttings and water propagation and then placed into fresh soil. It is such an easy-to-propagate plant from a leaf node. It is great to have many free plants to swap.

This Asteraceae family herbaceous evergreen is a popular indoor plant that can be propagated by placing stem cuttings in water.

It is known for its peculiar velvety purple leaves and stems and looks best when placed in a hanging basket.

This popular succulent houseplant can be water-propagated using a leaf or stem cutting.

Simple to cultivate in clay pots with several drainage holes and potting soil suitable for cacti and succulents.

Place in light to moderate shade. To avoid the roots rotting, avoid overwatering. but place into damp soil.

The Snake Plant can handle very low light; place it in a spot where it will only receive direct sunshine for 2 to 6 hours of the day.

To avoid root rot, it is essential to have well-drained soil and water plants.

Allow the soil to dry between spring and fall waterings and only water every one to two months in winter.

The snake plant does well with leaf cuttings to make new plants. Making them ideal for new plant parents.

If you own a spider plant, you can take cuttings very easily. The Spider plant puts pups that can be potted into their pots and then removed later.

A spider plant will push out many new plants or baby plants. These new plants are best to be put into fresh soil.

Your spider plant will put out many plants and, if left, will produce roots while still attached to the mother plant, making them easy to propagate. They love damp soil but not saturated.

Curio radicans can be grown from seeds or cuttings.

Seeds need warm temperatures or using seed warmer and constant moisture to germinate.

Take cuttings during the spring and summer to create new plants. be mindful that they have a fine root system but deserve a place in your houseplant collection.

During warm weather, Ceropegias benefit from water and a little fertilizer, while watering care is needed for the more challenging species.

It is ideal for water propagation and produces roots quickly, making them easy to propagate.

Before watering the plant, let the soil become completely dry.

They cannot tolerate soggy media because they are accustomed to receiving moisture from dew and the air.

The String of Pearls has unusual, spherical, fleshy leaves resembling a pearl, bead, or marble.

The leaf’s rounded shape also minimizes the surface area exposed to the desert air, minimizing moisture or water loss.

The uncommon sprawling deciduous succulent has branched stems, little green leaves, and numerous white blooms with a crimson center and loses all of its leaves in the winter while still blooming.

Stem cuttings work well when raising new plants.

This popular succulent houseplant can be water propagated from stems.  

Keep Curio plants in partial shade if outdoors, which is their preference in summer, and bright sunlight if indoors.

They will grow in full shade but will become lank and leggy.

The sweetheart plant prefers medium light but will tolerate low light. It prefers average indoor air temperatures and can tolerate dry air, although it prefers medium relative humidity and moist soil. 

More blooms can be produced using a fertilizer high in phosphorus and removing old, wasted blooms.

Indoor plants should routinely have their leaves cleaned of dust.

Bring the pots inside when it is colder than 40 °F outside. Maintain a temperature above 50 °F for them.

Just enough water should be applied to prevent the leaves from shriveling.

Remind yourself that they enjoy the sun and keep them in a well-lit area. This plant is also extremely easy to propagate and likes damp soil.

The Hoya genus is part of the Asclepiadaceae family, a family of plants that consists of 320 genera totaling more than 2000 species. The family, also known as the Milkweed family, is instrumental in ensuring the future of the Monarch Butterfly.

Hoya linearis is a pendent epiphytic succulent with soft, thin grayish-green stems that bear linear, hairy, dark-green leaves that are up to 2 inches (5 cm) long and have a deep groove on the underside.