Sansevieria night owl care1/23/2024 ![]() ![]() Do this when the soil around the plant is moist, so that excess will fall off without damaging the roots. Don’t worry about changing the soil if your plant is new, but after a year or so, in spring, repot it into cactus soil. Soil – these plants will grow in any kind of houseplant soil, but being succulents they do best in a well-drained soil suitable for cactus. Let’s start by looking at some tips on how to grow them, and then take a look at some of the more interesting types – you will be surprised at the range of species and varieties available. They like bright light, but are renowned for their ability to sit for years in a dark corner, without complaining. The tolerate dry air and dry soil, and lower temperatures than most houseplants enjoy. There are differences, and some Sansevieria are a little harder to grow, but mostly these plants thrive in places where other plants don’t. ![]() If you want plants that won’t care if you forget about them for a few weeks, then decorate your house with succulents, and make sure to include plenty of different snake plants, more correctly called Sansevieria. ( Anyway, cats generally ignore them, and can be made a little sick if they do eat one.) So, sticking with ‘snake plant’, these really are super-tough, and definitely among the easiest houseplants to keep alive, and even make grow.Īlthough sometimes called ‘cactus’, they don’t have spines – just a sharp leaf tip – so they belong more broadly to the plants called ‘succulents’, plants with thick, fleshy leaves. ![]() Talk about indestructible – these plants should probably be called ‘cat plants’, because they have at least 9 lives. If you like having plants around the house, but don’t have the proverbial ‘green thumb’, then it’s time to grow a snake plant or two. ![]()
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