Fellow seedlings are a tried way to help the plants strengthen in the garden simultaneously. This strategy can be helpful even when you are thinking about houseplant – not only to help your plants stay healthy, but also to make attractive planters that will beautify your location.
Snake plants Hardy, adaptable and relatively low maintenance. Their vertical growth habit makes them ideal for partner planting with low-growing or followed plants that share equal care needs and conditions.
There are 8 houseplants here that can make a great companion for your snake plant in a shared planter.
Neon pothos
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- Mature Size: 6-8 inches. Long, 13-40 feet wide
- Sun exposure: Partial shade
- Water needs: medium
Hardy, vigorous pothos plants can face a little neglect, but Neon pothosWhich is known for the requirement of slightly less water than other varieties, can be best suited to share a pot with snake plant.
Neon Pothos beautifully contradicts with dark green snake plants, with its lime green leaves and growth habit. It does not suffer from pests especially insects, although you want to keep an eye on common insects such as melabugs, scale, and spider mites.
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Zzed plant
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- Mature Size: 2-4 feet long and wide
- Sun exposure: Partial
- Water needs: Less
Only one of the plants that are not a succulent, but the snake plant requires less water Zzed plantWhich only feels you feel at least to reduce it in water.
This shiny, slow growing plant is not particularly insect-prone and has an honest development habit. Consider making it a small, broad snake plant variety such as ‘Whale Fin’ or ‘Twisted Sister’.
Dracaena
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- Mature Size: 2-10 feet long, 1-2 feet wide
- Sun exposure: Partial
- Water needs: medium
Snake plants were recently revived DrakenusTherefore, it is for this reason that it will flourish with his cousin in this genus. Dracaenas grows well with bright but indirect light and can handle the program of water similar to snake plants.
Look out for common houseplant pests, but neither the plant is particularly susceptible to infection.
Aloe vera
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- Mature Size: 12-36 inches. Long, 6-12 inches wide
- Sun exposure: Full, partial
- Water needs: Less
Aloe vera Makes a natural partner plant for your snake plant. Add this sun-lover juicy with variaigated pothos varieties for natural color contrast and a high tolerance for direct light. Look out for scale pests, which consume the sap of the aloe plant.
Hoya
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- Mature Size: 12-20 feet.
- Sun exposure: Partial
- Water needs: Less
Snake plant and Hoya There are habits of complementary development – one straight, other followers – and both provide tones to mix and match different varieties. In addition, Hoyas are quite dried tolerant, making them a good match in terms of soil and water needs.
For a stunning container, apply your favorite hoya in front of a long, honest snake plant.
Flapjack plant
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- Mature Size: 1-2 feet long, 2-3 feet wide
- Sun exposure: full
- Water needs: Less
This Kalancho variety is known for its wide, paddle -shaped juicy leaves that develop attractive red edge with sufficient sunlight. Flapjack plant Low-growing and relatively slow growing, causing them to become a good match for dried-tolerant snake plants. Keep an eye on white fly, spider particles and melabugs.
Z plant
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- Mature Size: 3-6 feet long, 2-3 feet wide
- Sun exposure: full
- Water needs: Less
Z plants Bright, dry and grow in warm conditions, making them an excellent companion for low maintenance snake plants. Keep a look for white spots on the juicy leaves of Z, which may be a sign of melabugs. Giving the Z plant as lighter as possible, keep the planner out of the sun directly out of the sun to avoid burning the leaves of your snake plant.
Echeveria
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- Mature Size: 2-24 inches. Long, 2-12 inches wide
- Sun exposure: full
- Water needs: Less
At least growing Malevolent There are an ideal choice for planting saplings with snake plants – plus, they come in many colors including purple, blue, pink and green.
They are rarely affected by insects. Put them in front of long snake plants and next to a follower sample for a bright, multi-home indoor planter or neon pothos.
Indoor partner planting tips
- Which houseplants in the same container require light, water and soil to insert.
- Add variety and use good space in your planter by following “thriller, filler and splear” guidelines. Choose a tall, eye -catching plant, a full, low growing plant and a followed plant to add visual interest.
- Consider the color with leaf pattern and texture when choosing indoor fellow plants.
- Use bets or trailis to support long or climbing plants. In front of them, put a small or followed houseplant.
- If you want to combine plants that need separate water, soil, or fertilizer, consider keeping individual plants in small nursery pots and burying them in a large soil container. Just remove each plant when it is time to water or fertilize. In this way, you can give a personal treatment to each one, enjoying the beauty of partner planting.