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Indoor Plants
Snake Plant
Dracaena trifasciata
The plain green snake plant does everything the fancy cultivars do at a third of the price. Stiff, upright, banded leaves; total indifference to light level; and a water requirement measured in weeks rather than days.
It is also one of the few plants that continues releasing oxygen at night, which is why it has become the default bedroom plant. Whether that measurably improves anything is debatable — that it looks good and never dies is not.
- Water once every two to three weeks, less in winter
- Grows in a dark hallway or a sunny balcony equally well
- Continues gas exchange at night — a genuine bedroom plant
Rs 1,300for the 12 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 60–100 cm
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
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How to look after your Snake Plant
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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