A Guide to Taking Proper Care of the Mother In Law Tongue Plant

Are you one of those people know as serial plant killers?! (chuckles) In all seriousness, if forgetting to water the plants sounds like something you’ve done times and times again, but you still want to have something green in your home, I’d suggest that you get one of the hardest to kill plants, namely the mother in law tongue plant. In a combination with the revolutionary self-watering planting pots, black thumbs can finally get a piece of mind and a piece of greenery that will last a lot more at the same time.

The mother-in-law’s tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata) is one of the most popular houseplants that has long, stiff, and vertical leaves in dark green colour with touches of light green to break up the darkness. This type of plant originates from West Africa and it is a beautiful plant to grow both indoors and outdoors (when the weather is warmer). Although a warm weather lover, this type of plant is very tolerant to low levels of light. As we already mentioned, frequent watering is not required and the best thing is that it can improve the indoor air quality by absorbing toxins.

Snake plant, viper’s bowstring hemp, and Saint George’s sword are just some of the other popular names for this type of plant. If you happen to wonder where to buy mother in law tongue plant, online nurseries are the answer where this plant is available in a range of different variants such as Sansevieria Dwarf, Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Hahnii’, Sansevieria cylindrica, Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Twist’, Sansevieria desertii and more. Since these plants grow very vigorously, apart from the question of where to buy mother in law tongue plant, you can also rely on online nurseries for useful bits of advice regarding how to properly take care and re-pot your plant/s as many of them already have FAQ lists prepared.

To make it thrive, even more, you can feed it with a mild cactus fertilizer during its growing season, which is the spring/summer period. Regarding the soil, Sansevieria plants like a loose and well-drained potting mix type of soil, and according to gardeners, they will do perfectly fine in a sandier soil.

As you can see, this forgiving and hard to kill type of plant requires little to no maintenance and can add a tropical vibe to any place that seems to lack in liveliness, whether it is residential or a commercial setting.