Snake Plant Care
Dracaena trifasciata
The near-indestructible houseplant that asks for almost nothing — bright-ish light, a deep drink only when bone dry, and a pot that drains.
Sun
Partial
Water
Low
Mature size
Leaves 28–35 in long; clumps 1–4 ft tall depending on variety
Growth
Slow
Toxicity
Pets
Soil
Sandy, Loam
The snake plant — botanically Dracaena trifasciata, and still sold under its old name Sansevieria — is the plant I hand to anyone convinced they have a black thumb. It's a stiff-leaved evergreen succulent from tropical West Africa, and it survives the things that kill other houseplants: low light, forgotten waterings, dry winter air. The most common variety throws upright, sword-shaped leaves banded in dark and pale green, often with a yellow margin on the 'Laurentii' cultivar.