Golden pothos / Devil's ivy
Epipremnum aureum
A trailing plant. Prefers bright indirect light. Wants a substrate that drains steadily. As a species it wants water about every 7 days. Mildly toxic if ingested.
Golden pothos / Devil's ivy: how often should you water it?
That’s the interval our references converge on for this species indoors: roughly every 7 days between waterings, adjusted for your light and your season.
What we do and don’t publish
Why we don’t give you a date.
We publish the interval this species usually wants. We don’t publish a date for your plant — nothing here measures it. The interval is a starting point you adjust from what you actually log.
Care cadences
Not established for this species: mist. We’d rather leave them empty than guess.
What’s known about this species
Light
Environment
Soil & pot
Pot with drainage holes; well-aerated peat-based mix. Tolerant of being slightly pot-bound; pot up one size when roots fill the pot.
Toxicity
Toxic to cats & dogs (ASPCA): insoluble calcium oxalates cause oral irritation, drooling, vomiting.
A short profile, on purpose
1 of the fields we publish aren’t established for this species in the references we trust. Empty means unknown — not zero, and not a guess.
Suggest a correctionThe species’ year
A typical year for this species in a temperate northern home. It shifts with your light and your latitude — we don’t track your plant’s season, so treat this as rhythm, not schedule.
Verdalia holds the interval, your log moves it. Free to start.
Verdalia publishes species guidance curated from horticultural references. It does not measure your plant — you log what you do, and the intervals adjust to what you log. Suggest a correction