General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 12-20 inches
Plant Spread: 8-36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
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.
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Offsets
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
  • Kenya Hyacinth
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dracaena parva
  • Synonym: Sansevieria parva

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Location: Scottsdale, AZ my home
Date: 2015-12-31
Location: Arenas Valley, New Mexico my greenhouse
Date: 2016-10-23
This is very fragrant!

Date: 2016-03-12
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-01-07
Comments:
  • Posted by plantmanager (New Mexico - Zone 8a) on Nov 1, 2016 12:37 PM concerning plant:
    I have this plant in my greenhouse, and in a south window in the house. In both places, this plant is growing so quickly! I bought one pot of it, and divided it into 3 pots. Now the 3 pots will need to be divided soon, although I've read that they do like to be underpotted. Each one has bloomed for me with tall, fragrant spikes. It's a fresh, pretty, green, easy-to-care-for plant that I heartily recommend to everyone.
  • Posted by Ispahan (Chicago - Zone 6a) on Nov 6, 2011 10:26 AM concerning plant:
    There was never an easier or more ingratiating houseplant than this. It grows much like a common spider plant (Chlorophytum), forming thick stolons that hang from the sides of pots and soon produce stolons of their own. If grown in natural light, it seldom fails to produce many showy spikes of nocturnal flowers that flood the air with the pervasive scent of hyacinths.

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