The "snake plant" has been a familiar, nearly indestructable house plant for more than a hundred years.
Boring old varieties are being replaced by more colorful and decorative cultivars.
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Sansevieria grandis var. zuluensisA big, bold snake plant similar to S. grandis but the leaves are more strictly upright, and not quite as broad, but with very pronounced and attractive silver "snakeskin" markings. A very impressive specimen to at least 3 feet tall. USDA Zones 10-11....
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Sansevieria guineensis 'Lime Streaker'Another strange snake plant from Thailand, this one with pale lime-streaked leaves that have a faint margin in strong light. This is said to be the plant from which Sansevieria 'Siam Silver' mutated. In low light this is not distinctive, but bright l...
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Sansevieria guineensis 'Siam Silver'A beautiful and distinctive snake plant that I have only seen in Thailand. The leaves are silvery gray all over, with darker gray mottled stripes. Each leaf has a narrow cream/gray or gray/white margin. Needs warmth and good drainage; keep dry in win...
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Sansevieria guineensis 'Variegata'This beautiful snake plant has been around for a long time, but it has never been common. The long rubbery leaves have a very broad yellow margin with cloudy green and yellow striping in the center of the leaf. This variety must be kept warm; it will...
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Sansevieria guineensis 'White Striped Giant'This rare variety is the largest and one of the most impressive of the S. guineensis varieties available today. The leaves are broad and tall to at least 3 feet and 4 inches wide. The medium to dark green leaves are irregularly striped with white. It...
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Sansevieria kirkii var pulchra 'Coppertone'There is no prettier snake plant variety than this, with its spreading down-curved leaves with undulate margins. In strong light the leaf color is copper to deep purple to almost black with a wash of silver and coppery to brownish silver, and dark ra...
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Sansevieria masonianaThis wonderful house plant has big paddle-shaped leave that can become a couple of feet long with age. It can tolerate any conditions indoors in winter if kept warm and dry, give it a vacation outdoors in shade in summer. Often called "Congo" or S. g...
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Sansevieria trifasciata 'Bantel's Sensation'One of the finest of the many varieties of "snake plant" for indoor decoration. The narrow leaves are rigidly upright, to about 2 feet, variously striped with white and cream. Water only when dry in summer, keep warm and completely dry in winter. Ve...
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Sansevieria trifasciata 'Midnight Shine' NEW!I first saw this variety in Japan many years ago but lost it in the fire in 2003. I found it again in Japan in 2005 and now have a few ready to sell. It is a very distinctive variety, with near-black leaves with a very narrow yellow edge, especially ...
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Sansevieria trifasciata 'Twister'This distinctive snake plant has only been around for a couple of years, but already it has acquired several names, including Twisted Sister and Tsunami. It makes a whirlpool of foliage that becomes more and more interesting as the plant gets bigger....
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Sansevierias: Collection in ThailandALL BOOKS WILL SHIP MEDIA MAIL IN THE US. This new (2007) book from Thailand is written by the famous nurseryman and plant collector Mr. "Jiew" Pramote Rojruangsang. It is softbound, 96 pages, with about 143 color photographs. The text is in Thai, bu...
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The Splendid SansevieriaALL BOOKS WILL SHIP MEDIA MAIL IN THE US. New and definitive work by B. Juan Chahinian, America's foremost Sansevieria expert. Softcover, 178 pages, many color photos. Covers the species and hybrids. Published May 2005. $42.00 postpaid (price include...
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