General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Other: Flowering is erratic. Unlike plants such as agave which die after flowering, Sansevieria will simply cease to produce new leaves. The flowered plant will continue to grow by producing plantlets via its rhizomes or stolons.
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Prefers to be under-potted

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Common names
  • Snake Plant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dracaena downsii
  • Synonym: Sansevieria downsii

Photo Gallery
Location: St Petersburg, Florida 
Date: December ‘22
This is its normal fashion of spreading, above ground stolens.
Location: St Petersburg, Florida 
Date: April 27 2023
Location: St Petersburg, Florida 
Date: December ‘22
Markings on outside of leaf, inside of leaf barely marked.
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-03-08
Ribbon winner at the Philadelphia Flower show.

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