Not only they’re low maintenance but also purify the air by absorbing toxins. Here are some of the best Types of Snake Plants that you must consider!
Snake plants are easy to grow and very tolerant of nature. They are also known as ‘Mother-in-law’s tongue,’ due to the upright leaves growing in the shape of a tongue with a thick texture. These plants can survive well in low light and less water, and according to NASA’s research, it absorbs toxic compounds like formaldehyde and benzene. Here are some of the best Types of Snake Plants you must consider.
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Best Types of Snake Plants
1. Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Mother-in-law’s Tongue’
This cultivar is the most widely cultivated snake plant. Its dark green pointed leaves grow in an upward direction and can reach up to 3 feet. Its flowers are in white or cream colors, resembling lilies.
2. Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Twist’
Like the name, its pointy leaves twist from the top. It grows up to 2-3 feet tall and has a yellow variegated border with horizontal stripes.
3. Sansevieria ‘Golden hahnii’
Sansevieria trifasciata is a dwarf cultivar. Its dark green foliage has a distinctive, creamy margin with an upright and dense rosette appearance, making it perfect for coffee tables.
4. Sansevieria ‘Futura robusta’
Futura robusta is an easy-to-maintain plant with short and broad leaves. This exclusive variety has silver-green foliage with dark green horizontal stripes.
5. Sansevieria ‘Black gold’
Sansevieria black gold is one of the most attractive types of snake plants. They have dark green, broad leaves with yellow outlines on the edges.
6. Sansevieria ‘Cylindrica’
Offering an appeal of the lucky bamboo plant, the Cylindrica can grow up to 20-24 inches tall and thrives well in indirect sunlight. Water it regularly for best growth.
7. Sansevieria ‘Laurentii’
Its dark green leaves with yellow borders look beautiful with zig-zag, horizontal stripes. It grows up to 30-24 inches long. Divide the plant for propagation.
8. Sansevieria ‘Bantel’s sensation’
This cultivar grows up to 30-32 inches tall, making it an apt choice as an indoor plant. With a faint white line running at the border on its narrow leaves, it makes quite a statement.
9. Sansevieria ‘Desert’
Also known as the rhino grass, thanks to its pointed succulent leaves with a red tint. It grows in an upward direction, reaching a height of 20-24 inches.
10. Sansevieria ‘Moonshine’
The silvery-green leaves of moonshine make it one of the best types of Snake Plants. It thrives well in neglect and doesn’t need much attention.
11. Sansevieria masoniana ‘Mason congo’
Sansevieria Masoniana is also known as the ‘Whale fin’ or ‘Sharkfin.’ This succulent plant has stunning foliage, with dark green leaves and light green spots.
12. Sansevieria kirkii ‘Star sansevieria’
Also known as the Pangane Sansevieria, this variety is quite popular among houseplant growers. It has dark green foliage with unique, fluorescent green patterns.
13. Sansevieria gracilis
This compact variety of snake plants has pointy, long, narrow, and plumped leaves, ringed in white-green color. Partial, bright, and indirect sunlight is ideal for them.
14. Sansevieria fischeri
If you’re fond of growing small plants, then this variety is perfect for you. It attains a height of less than 16 inches. It blooms in summers with a cluster of white flowers.
15. Sansevieria patens
Sansevieria Patens forms a rosette structure with green leaves lined in dark shade. They grow up to 3 feet tall. Infrequent waterings and bright, indirect sunlight are best for them.
16. Sansevieria canaliculate
Native to Madagascar, Canaliculate grows up to 3-4 feet tall. This variety cannot resist drought, so keep them indoors during winter.
17. Sansevieria ballyi
This variety is also called dwarf sansevieria. It grows up to 6 inches tall with dark green leaves with a light green stripe at the edges. Avoid overwatering as it can cause root rot.
18. Sansevieria Ehrenbergii ‘Blue Sansevieria’
Unlike the name, Blue sansevieria is not blue at all; the green leaves have a touch of copper hue. The plant has an unusual shape with leaves stacked on top of each other.
19. Sansevieria Cleopatra
This attractive hybrid variety is a newbie, growing up to 12-14 inches long. The edges of its foliage are brown with an intricate pattern of dark green.
20. Sansevieria Parva ‘Kenya Hyacinth’
Kenya hyacinth grows in a rosette form with 6 to 12 leaves, reaching a height of 16 inches. It has white flowers with a pleasing fragrance like hyacinth.
21. Sansevieria Eillensis Chahin
The blue-green and long leaves of this snake plant variety size up to 5 inches tall. It has spiky flowers, growing up to 12 inches. This snake plant is drought resistant and doesn’t ask for much water.
22. Sansevieria zeylanica ‘Ceylon Bowstring Hemp’
This evergreen perennial variety grows up to 24-28 inches long. The dark green leaves are vertical, with small and large, white spots.
23. Sansevieria Whitney
This compact variety of sansevieria has a snakeskin-like pattern on the leaves. It reaches up to 20 inches in height. The dark green, sword-like leaves are sharp-tipped and very hard to touch.
24. Sansevieria Cylindrica ‘Boncel’
This hybrid variety of Sansevieria cylindrica offers light green fan-shaped leaves with deep green concentric circles from top to bottom.
25. Sansevieria Eilensis
It features blue-green leaves that can reach up to 5-8 inches long with a downward arch. Young foliage shows off red-brown edges and a deep channel in the middle with a papery brown cuticle.
26. Sansevieria bacularis
This snake plant has dark green leaves with light crossbands; the leaf tips are soft. It grows up to 4-5 feet tall and flowers during spring. Grow this variety in a warm, bright location.
27. Sansevieria burmanica
Native to India, the linear-lanceolate grass green leaves with light bands grow in a rosette. The plant produces white-green panicle-like flowers.
28. Sansevieria francisii
This variety comes from Kenya, it has a trunk-like shape and upturned dark green to light green leaves up to 8-12 inches tall. It forms runners with many offsets.
29. Sansevieria liberica
Originally belonging to the Central African Republic and West Africa. It features six belt-shaped to lanceolate, leather-like dark green foliage with green transverse bands.
30. Sansevieria hyacinthoides
In its natural habitat, African Bowstring Hemp grows in small groups under the shade of the trees. The leaves are medium green with dark green diagonals.
31. Sansevieria longiflora
Sansevieria longiflora displays dark green leaves with irregular bands or spots on a smooth leaf surface; edges are red-brown to yellow. The foliage grows up to 4-5 feet in length.
32. Sansevieria Jade Marginata
This hybrid dwarf variety shows off the contrasting jade green and cream-yellow hued leaves emerging from a tight rosette. It can grow up to 6-10 inches tall.
33. Sansevieria Whale Fin Variegated
It features wide, paddle-like leaves. The mottled green foliage is streaked with pale, creamy yellow. It prefers low to bright, indirect light.
34. Sansevieria Coppertone
This variety has stiff elongated succulent copper to bronze foliage with wavy edges arranged in a compact rosette. It can grow up to 2-4 feet long.
35. Sansevieria Ehrenbergii ‘Banana’
This slow-growing dwarf snake plant cultivar showcases boat-shaped, fat, gray-green to blue-green leaves. The name ‘Banana’ derives due to the shape which resembles the fruit!
