Love my Sansevieria (Snake Plant)

 

This is one of my favorite houseplants, mainly because it is

still alive after two years!  The Sansevieria is called the Snake

Plant because it has such beautiful stiff upright leaves.  Mine

are now 3 feet tall.  This plant is the Snake Plant, where the

Mother-in-Law's Tongue is very similar but with a yellow

border on the leaves.   According to About.com , these are

the toughest of all houseplants!  I believe it!  I read that these

plants were native to Africa and preferred no water for the three

winter months.  So I tried it.  I took this plant to work, set it in

a corner with only artificial light, and FORBID anyone at work

to water it!  It still looks great!  I brought it home to divide it

and start back watering once a month.

I've always thought the Snake Plant to be just

beautiful!  When I was a little girl,  I remember

the Snake Plants in our doctor's waiting room.  I
would wait in my  big chair with my legs swinging
while I studied all the tropical patterns on the
leaves.  Somehow, the plants were a comfort. 

It sounds funny, but our dentist had a Snake Plant

in his waiting room, too.

Then, when I was pregnant with my boys, my

obstetrician's waiting room had a large sunny

window with all kinds of tropical plants, 

including Snake Plants and Mother-in-Law's

Tongues.  I always enjoyed looking at the plants

and happily chatting with the other new mothers.

Maybe I make too much of houseplants, ...but maybe not.

"Plants have been shown to decrease infection rates in 

nursing homes and lower blood pressure..." (p. 87 YOU

Staying Young, Oz and Roizen)

Maybe my Snake Plant takes better care of me than I take of it.

For some great pictures of Snake Plants and Mother-in-Law's

Tongues, visit Pam at House of Hawthornes.  She has a 50 year

year old Snake Plant!

Love,

Lottie.