'N'Joy' pothos guide

What it is

‘N’Joy’ is a true pothos, Epipremnum aureum, with small leaves and crisp, clean patches of white and green. The white comes in solid blocks, not speckles or streaks. It grows slower and stays more compact than most pothos.

How to tell it apart

Plant	Leaves	The tell
‘N’Joy’	Small, solid white and green blocks	The white has clean edges and no flecks inside it
‘Pearls and Jade’ pothos	Small, white edges	Gray-green flecks and brush strokes sit inside the white
‘Marble Queen’ pothos	Larger, cream swirled through green	The white is marbled, not in blocks

‘Glacier’ pothos looks like ‘N’Joy’ with more silver speckles. It is less common.

Care differences

All that white means less food for the plant. Give it bright indirect light, such as an east window. It grows slow, so it needs less pinching and repotting than ‘Golden’.

The white patches brown first when the soil dries out too far. Water when the top 2 to 3 cm (1 in) of soil is dry, a bit sooner than other pothos.

Reverting

In low light, new leaves come in with more green. If a vine grows all-green leaves, cut it back to the last leaf with good white patches and move the plant into brighter light.

Grow it from a cutting

Take cuttings from vines with even white and green. Root them in water or moist soil. They root slower than ‘Golden’, in two to four weeks.

Buying it

‘N’Joy’ is now common in garden centers and big box stores. Look for compact, bushy plants with crisp white patches. Brown, papery spots on the white mean it dried out at some point.