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Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Indoor Plants
Sansevieria Boncel (Starfish)
Dracaena ‘Boncel’
Boncel — often sold as the starfish sansevieria — has short, thick, cylindrical leaves that emerge in a single flat plane, so the whole plant looks like a hand of fat green fingers spread on a table. The leaves are cross-banded in pale grey-green.
It stays small and slow, which makes it a good desk or windowsill plant, and it is arguably the most drought-proof plant we sell. Water it monthly and it will be fine.
- Distinctive flat fan of thick, banded fingers
- Stays compact — ideal for desks and windowsills
- Monthly watering is genuinely enough
Rs 2,050for the 10 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Replaced or refunded if damaged
Grown by us
Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 20–30 cm
- Growth rate
- Very slow
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
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How to look after your Sansevieria Boncel (Starfish)
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Extremely adaptable — from a shaded corridor to full morning sun. Variegation stays sharpest in bright indirect light; deep shade will fade it.
- Water
- Every 2–3 weeks in summer, once a month or less in winter. Wait until the leaves feel slightly less rigid. This plant dies of kindness far more often than neglect.
- Humidity
- No special requirement. Handles dry indoor air without complaint.
- Soil
- Fast-draining cactus mix. Never a moisture-retentive potting soil.
- Feeding
- A dilute feed twice a year is plenty. Over-feeding produces floppy, weak leaves.
- Temperature
- 15–35°C. Protect from frost; below 10°C the leaves develop soft, translucent patches.
If something goes wrong
Soft, mushy base
Why it happens: Root rot from overwatering.
What to do: Unpot immediately, cut away every soft section, let the cuts dry for two days, repot in dry cactus mix.
Wrinkled, curling leaves
Why it happens: Underwatered — genuinely dry, not just thirsty.
What to do: Soak thoroughly and resume a normal cycle. Leaves plump within a week.
Variegation reverting to plain green
Why it happens: Insufficient light.
What to do: Move to a brighter spot. Remove any fully green pups so they do not outcompete the variegated growth.
Dracaena, formerly Sansevieria
We grow 14 snake plants
They differ in leaf shape, mature size and colour — compare them side by side before you choose.
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