How to Use snake plant in a Sentence

snake plant

noun
  • Nest snake plant) dry out and striped away all the dead leaves.
    oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Start with an easy-care plant — a pothos or snake plant.
    Amanda Long, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
  • Maybe a snake plant, a ZZ plant, a pothos — something easy.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Move over pothos and snake plant: There are some new houseplants in town!
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 4 Jan. 2023
  • With any luck, your snake plant will come back with vigor.
    OregonLive.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The snake plant will thrive in any kind of light from bright direct sunlight to very low light.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In the house, this tropical plant requires a bit more care than the snake plant or pothos.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Like the snake plant, the spider plant will also purify the air in your home.
    Cam Wolf, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Like the snake plant, the ZZ plant tolerates low sunlight.
    Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This snake plant is smaller in stature; leaves don't tend to grow more than 18 inches in height.
    Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Types of Snake Plants Believe it or not, there are more than 70 different species of the snake plant.
    Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Grow it as a tabletop plant, or purchase a large snake plant to anchor the corner of a room.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The best indoor plants for cleaning the air include the money tree, snake plant and Areca palm.
    Leah Koenig, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • If your office doesn't get a lot of direct sunlight, opt for greenery like the snake plant.
    NBC News, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Begin by removing the entire snake plant from its pot, roots and all.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Like the easy-care snake plant and philodendron plant, these also are tough houseplants.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 17 Jan. 2023
  • For faster-growing stems, place a snake plant (also sometimes called Mother-in-Law's Tongue) in a bright room.
    Molly Miller, housebeautiful.com, 31 May 2023
  • Who else would bring a snake plant when invited to a dinner party?
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The snake plant was included in the same sweeping NASA study of indoor plants, and has been shown to remove toxins from the air over time.
    Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
  • For a snake plant, Lalicata says, immerse the bottom third of the leaf; for ZZ plants, submerge just the bottom tip of the leaf.
    Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • And there’s a wide range of greens that are hardy enough to stand up to any black thumb: ponytail palms, snake plants, and ferns are some of our low-maintenance favorites.
    Alexis Jonnson, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2018
  • Griffin says caring for a ZZ plant is similar to caring for a snake plant.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The snake plant's bold, sword-like foliage is an eye-catching addition to any bedroom.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Rooting snake plant cuttings is as easy as placing a leaf into a jar of clean water.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The easiest house plants to grow include the spider plant, pothos, snake plant, aloe, English ivy and philodendron.
    Leah Koenig, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • From snake plants to ferns, much of the greenery that adorns living rooms and kitchens is marketed as air-purifying.
    Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Some plants, such as a ZZ plant or a snake plant, tolerate low light and happily hang out in darker corners.
    Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Sansevieria Star Power is a miniature snake plant that's relatively easy to take care of for $9.50.
    Staff, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2022
  • For example, Costa Farms makes up a lot of Amazon's bestsellers like this snake plant that's earned over 8,000 five-star ratings.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The shade picks up colors found in a vintage map and snake plant, while a reflective sheen keeps the saturated green from feeling too dark.
    Laura Lambert, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2022

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