snake plant- is it indoor or outdoor plant?

Gynarchy B
by Gynarchy B
snake plant- is it indoor or outdoor plant?
  10 answers
  • Pam Pam on May 26, 2012
    Both.
  • Dee W Dee W on May 26, 2012
    Mostly an indoor plant but can be put in containers for outside then brought in when weather would stress it.
  • Pam Pam on May 26, 2012
    I have raised them mostly outside but will do well inside. I had them in an outside flower bed and they did well except with a hard freeze. If you cut down the frozen top in spring they will regrow.
  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on May 27, 2012
    Folks grow them outdoors in shady spots in my part of Florida, but I suspect where you are in Georgia you should consider them an indoor plant.
  • Pam Pam on May 27, 2012
    The location I planted them in is a bed that got only morning sun. They did greate and multiplied well. It also was just under the overhang and did not ever get rain water (except when we had a hurricaine or two). I did not water frequently but they didn't seem to mind gettig dry. In fact, if they got watered too frequently the leaves turned yellow and progressed to a slimmy death. I watered them only about once per week. Oh, and here we call them "mother-in-law tongues", not snake plants. I guest it's a cajun thing.
  • Gynarchy B Gynarchy B on May 27, 2012
    i am in mid- georgia. i kept my snake plant indoor in a pot for a year now but never grew an inch. and some has turned brown on the side of their leaves. what to do?
  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on May 28, 2012
    That's odd, Gynarchy. How much do you water? Is you plant somewhere it is getting a draft from a heater or anything?
  • Gynarchy B Gynarchy B on May 29, 2012
    i water once in 2 weeks. i place them by the fireplace which we don't use by the way.
  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on May 30, 2012
    You really need to stick your finger or a chopstick in the dirt to get a sense of when they need water, rather than relying on a set schedule.
  • Gynarchy B Gynarchy B on May 31, 2012
    Thank you Douglas.