Monstera Adansonii 'Swiss Cheese'

Some plants fill a room. This one opens it up. The Swiss Cheese Monstera's fenestrated leaves — each one cut through with deliberate, irregular windows — give any space the feeling of looking through something, of rooms beyond rooms. It trails or climbs with equal ease, the kind of plant that adapts to wherever it's placed, like a well-traveled guest who's comfortable anywhere.

Grows easily. Prefers bright indirect light. Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Provide a moss pole or trellis to encourage upward growth.

• Botanical Name: Monstera adansonii

• Common Name(s): Adanson's monstera, Swiss cheese vine
  

• Description: The Swiss Cheese plant gets its name from its large, heart-shaped leaves, which become covered with holes that resemble Swiss cheese as it gets older. Part of the Araceae family that's native to South and Central America.