Pearls and Jade Pothos
Epipremnum aureum 'Pearls and Jade' (UF-12-2)
📖 About this plant
Pearls and Jade Pothos is another University of Florida patented cultivar, featuring compact growth and exquisite variegation. Its smaller, more delicate leaves display irregular patches of white, silver, and grey against a green background, resembling pearls and jade stones. This variety stays more compact than most pothos, making it perfect for desks, small spaces, and terrariums. The elegant, refined appearance makes it one of the most sought-after collector pothos varieties.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Medium to Bright Indirect Light
When top 2-3 cm of soil is dry
40-60%
18-29°C (65-85°F)
Well-draining potting mix with perlite and peat moss
Balanced liquid fertilizer monthly during spring and summer
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- University of Florida cultivated hybrid (patented variety)
- 📏 Max height
- 1-1.8 m (3-6 ft) trailing
- 📐 Spread
- 30-60 cm (1-2 ft)
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Rarely flowers indoors
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White spathe (extremely rare)
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green leaves with white, silver, and grey variegation; smaller leaves than other pothos
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (5-10+ years indoors)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow to Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings in water or moist sphagnum moss; roots form in 2-4 weeks
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
Common issues
- Loss of variegation in low light
- root rot from overwatering
- slow growth
- mealybugs on new growth
- leggy stems if not pruned
💡 Care tips
- Being a slower grower, patience is key — this variety takes time to fill out.
- Provide bright indirect light for the best variegation.
- More compact than other pothos, so it's perfect for smaller pots and spaces.
- Avoid direct sun which can scorch the white portions.
- Propagate to create a fuller, bushier plant.
