{"title":"Syngonium Plants","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSyngonium varieties we deliver\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne syngonium in the range at the moment, and it's the dwarf form of the genus. Pixie carries small arrow-shaped leaves in mid-green, veined and washed through the centre with silver-white, and it stays bushy in the pot instead of running out sideways the way a full-sized syngonium does. That's the reason to choose it over the trailing types most people picture: it fills a 200mm pot and holds its shape there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/syngonium-pixie\"\u003eSyngonium Pixie (Arrowhead Plant)\u003c\/a\u003e: small arrowhead leaves veined in silver-white on a dense, compact plant, in a 200mm size that suits a desk, a shelf or a bright bathroom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho a syngonium suits as a gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSend a syngonium to someone who wants to watch a plant do something. It grows visibly week to week, pushing new leaves from the centre right through the warm months, so it rewards the person who checks on it rather than the one who forgets it exists. That makes it a good first plant for somebody who actually wants one, and a poor choice for a desk nobody sits at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new place is where it earns its keep, because a plant that fills out this fast makes a room look settled while the boxes are still stacked, which is what puts it among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/housewarming-plants\"\u003enew home plants\u003c\/a\u003e. It also works as a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/happy-birthday-plants\"\u003ebirthday plant gift\u003c\/a\u003e for someone whose place already has the obvious things in it. A bright bathroom suits it better than most rooms in the house, because the humidity off a shower is exactly what the veining wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAre syngonium toxic to cats and dogs?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. Syngonium sits in the Araceae family alongside pothos and philodendron, and the sap carries calcium oxalate crystals, so a cat or a dog that chews a leaf can end up drooling, pawing at its mouth and off its food for a day or so. It stings rather than poisons. A compact plant on a desk is easier to keep out of reach than a vine hanging off a shelf, but a determined cat will still find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree swaps, all non-toxic to cats and dogs. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/calathea\"\u003eCalathea\u003c\/a\u003e keeps the patterned-leaf look, with purple undersides and a tolerance for a dimmer room. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/peperomia-obtusifolia\"\u003ePeperomia obtusifolia\u003c\/a\u003e is thick-leaved and close to a succulent in feel, content on a desk with no window nearby. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fittonia\"\u003eFittonia plants\u003c\/a\u003e stay low and small, netted all over in pink, red or white veins, which is the closest match for the veining you're giving up. If you don't know the household well, ask before you order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy syngonium leaves change shape as they grow\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the thing that catches people out. A young syngonium leaf is a single arrowhead, and that's the shape every photo of the plant shows. As the plant matures the leaves split, first into three lobes and then into five, and it stops sitting in a mound and starts climbing. Given a pole it keeps going up, and the leaves get larger the higher it gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePixie holds that juvenile shape longer than any other form of the genus, which is exactly why it stays neat on a desk. Even so, pinching the growing tips keeps any syngonium compact: take the tip off any growth that's reaching and the plant branches below the cut instead. If you'd rather have something that trails or climbs from the start, a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pothos\"\u003epothos\u003c\/a\u003e does it naturally off the side of a shelf, and the self-heading \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/philodendron\"\u003ephilodendron\u003c\/a\u003e range is the one to look at for scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSyngonium care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium indirect light, and keep the soil evenly moist rather than letting it dry right out. It's not a plant that wants to go bone dry, and it tells you quickly by going limp all over. Humidity helps, and the silver-white veining holds stronger in a humid room, which a Brisbane summer supplies for free. Pinch the tips to keep it bushy, and stand any cutting with a node on it in a glass of water, because syngonium roots as easily as anything we deliver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy is my syngonium getting leggy?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot enough light, almost every time. Long bare gaps between the leaves mean the plant is reaching for a window, and no amount of watering fixes it. Move it somewhere brighter but out of direct sun, then pinch the tips back to where the leaves are still close together. It branches from below the cut and thickens up again within a few weeks through the warm months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCan syngonium climb?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, given something to climb. A mature syngonium is a climber in the wild and it takes to a moss pole indoors, with the leaves getting bigger and more deeply lobed as it goes up. Pixie rarely needs one, because the dwarf form stays in its juvenile shape and keeps its energy in the mound rather than in a vine. If yours does start reaching, that's the plant asking for a pole or a pinch, and either answer works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSyngonium at a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere's the short version of what the plant wants and where it comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommon names: arrowhead plant, arrowhead vine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Araceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus: \u003cem\u003eSyngonium\u003c\/em\u003e, cultivars of \u003cem\u003eSyngonium podophyllum\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: Mexico through to Brazil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoliage: arrow-shaped, veined in silver-white; lobed with age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight: medium indirect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater: keep the soil evenly moist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumidity: moderate to high\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePet safety: toxic to cats and dogs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize at delivery: 200mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare level: easy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest occasions: housewarming, birthday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAdd a pot and a card\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose a pot on the product page before you check out, along with any giftware or a greeting card. A syngonium arrives at 200mm and sits low and wide rather than tall, so a straight-sided pot from our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-plant-pots\"\u003eindoor plant pots\u003c\/a\u003e range suits it better than anything tapered, and a plain finish keeps the attention on the veining. The card message is one you write yourself at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSyngonium delivery across Brisbane\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrder before 12pm on a weekday, or before 10am on Saturday, and your syngonium goes out the same day. Our own couriers start their run in the early afternoon, and we aim to have business addresses delivered by 5pm and homes by 6pm, Monday to Saturday. Delivery is a flat $19.95 and there's no Sunday run. Check the address against the suburbs on our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/delivery\"\u003eBrisbane delivery areas\u003c\/a\u003e page before you order. We run the inner east out through the bayside and into the Redlands, so an arrowhead plant can land in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/plant-gift-delivery-seven-hills\"\u003eSeven Hills\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/plant-gift-delivery-belmont\"\u003eBelmont\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/plant-gift-delivery-thorneside\"\u003eThorneside\u003c\/a\u003e on the day you order it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"syngonium-pixie","title":"Syngonium Pixie","description":null,"brand":"Green Amour","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":48918797385885,"sku":"SYG-PIXI-200","price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/4626\/5501\/files\/Syngonium_Pixie_200_1.webp?v=1789600759"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.greenamor.com.au\/collections\/syngonium.oembed","provider":"Green Amor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}