Plant family
Dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants — Asparagaceae
319 species across 23 genera in the Growli library
A large, tough family that includes some of the most forgiving houseplants there are — dracaena (including the snake plant, Dracaena trifasciata), spider plant (Chlorophytum), hosta, agave and yucca.
Browse dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants by genus
Dracaena (100)Hosta (75)Agave (48)Muscari (10)Polygonatum (10)Asparagus (8)Hyacinthus (7)Scilla (7)Ornithogalum (7)Ophiopogon (5)Liriope (5)Eucomis (5)Beaucarnea (4)Cordyline (4)Chionodoxa (4)Camassia (4)Maianthemum (4)Aspidistra (3)Chlorophytum (3)Nolina (2)Sansevieria (2)Yucca (1)Convallaria (1)
All dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants we cover
- Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta
- African Spear Plant
- Agave americana
- Agave americana 'Marginata'
- Agave americana 'Mediopicta Alba'
- Agave angustifolia
- Agave attenuata
- Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue'
- Agave bovicornuta
- Agave bracteosa
- Agave chrysantha
- Agave colorata
- Agave deserti
- Agave difformis
- Agave filifera
- Agave geminiflora
- Agave guiengola
- Agave havardiana
- Agave isthmensis
- Agave lechuguilla
- Agave lophantha
- Agave macroacantha
- Agave marmorata
- Agave mitis
- Agave montana
- Agave multifilifera
- Agave nickelsiae
- Agave nizandensis
- Agave ovatifolia
- Agave palmeri
- Agave parrasana
- Agave parryi
- Agave parryi 'Truncata'
- Agave parryi var. truncata
- Agave pelona
- Agave potatorum
- Agave schidigera
- Agave shrevei
- Agave sobria
- Agave striata
- Agave stricta
- Agave tequilana
- Agave titanota
- Agave toumeyana
- Agave utahensis
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave victoriae-reginae 'Compacta'
- Agave vilmoriniana
- Agave xylonacantha
- Agave zebra
- Alpine Squill
- Asparagus
- Asparagus fern
- Asparagus Fern 'Sprengeri'
- Autumn Pineapple Lily
- Autumn Squill
- Beaucarnea Gracilis
- Beaucarnea Stricta
- Big Blue Lilyturf
- Black Mondo Grass
- Blue Hosta 'Halcyon'
- Blue Mouse Ears Hosta
- Broad-Leaved Grape Hyacinth
- Camas
- Camassia leichtlinii
- Canada Mayflower
- Cast iron plant
- Chincherinchee
- Chionodoxa luciliae
- Common Camas
- Common Grape Hyacinth
- Common Grape Hyacinth
- Common Hyacinth
- Common Star of Bethlehem
- Cordyline
- Cordyline australis
- Corn Plant
- Cuban Lily
- Cusick's Camas
- Cylindrical Snake Plant
- Dracaena
- Dracaena 'Janet Craig'
- Dracaena 'Lemon Lime'
- Dracaena 'Song of India'
- Dracaena Aletriformis
- Dracaena Arborea
- Dracaena Aubryana
- Dracaena Bicolor
- Dracaena Braunii
- Dracaena Camerooniana
- Dracaena Cinnabari
- Dracaena Compacta
- Dracaena Deremensis Dorado
- Dracaena Deremensis Green Stripe
- Dracaena Deremensis Janet Craig
- Dracaena Deremensis Warneckii
- Dracaena Draco
- Dracaena Ellenbeckiana
- Dracaena Fragrans Lindenii
- Dracaena Fragrans Massangeana
- Dracaena Fragrans Sol
- Dracaena Fragrans Victoria
- Dracaena Goldieana
- Dracaena Hookeriana
- Dracaena Laxissima
- Dracaena Marginata Bicolor
- Dracaena Marginata Tricolor
- Dracaena Reflexa
- Dracaena Reflexa Song of Jamaica
- Dracaena Sanderiana Variegata
- Dracaena Steudneri
- Dracaena Surculosa Florida Beauty
- Dracaena Thalioides
- Dracaena Trifasciata Mikado
- Dracaena Umbraculifera
- Dracaena Volkensii
- Dracaena Warneckii
- Dragon tree
- Dragon Tree Colorama
- Drooping Star of Bethlehem
- Dwarf Solomon's Seal
- Early Squill
- Empress Wu Hosta
- False Solomon's Seal
- Fire and Ice Hosta
- Fire Flash Spider Plant
- Forbes' Glory of the Snow
- Foxtail Fern
- Fragrant Bouquet Hosta
- Fragrant Hosta 'Guacamole'
- Fragrant Solomon's Seal
- Francee Hosta
- Giant Chincherinchee
- Giant Mondo Grass
- Giant Pineapple Lily
- Giant Pineapple Lily
- Gijnlim Asparagus
- Glory of the Snow
- Gold Dust Dracaena
- Great Expectations Hosta
- Great Solomon's Seal
- Guatemalan Ponytail Palm
- Gyoku-ryu Mondo Grass
- Hairy Solomon's Seal
- Hosta
- Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'
- Hosta 'August Moon'
- Hosta 'Big Daddy'
- Hosta 'Blue Angel'
- Hosta 'Blue Mammoth'
- Hosta 'Bressingham Blue'
- Hosta 'Color Festival'
- Hosta 'Curly Fries'
- Hosta 'Diamond Tiara'
- Hosta 'El Nino'
- Hosta 'Elegans'
- Hosta 'Empress Wu'
- Hosta 'Fire Island'
- Hosta 'First Frost'
- Hosta 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'
- Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'
- Hosta 'Frances Williams'
- Hosta 'Fun and Games'
- Hosta 'Golden Tiara'
- Hosta 'Grand Tiara'
- Hosta 'Great Expectations'
- Hosta 'Guacamole'
- Hosta 'Halcyon Blue'
- Hosta 'Halcyon'
- Hosta 'Invincible'
- Hosta 'Island Charm'
- Hosta 'June'
- Hosta 'Krossa Regal'
- Hosta 'Lancifolia'
- Hosta 'Love Pat'
- Hosta 'Midnight Rider'
- Hosta 'Night Before Christmas'
- Hosta 'On Stage'
- Hosta 'Patriot'
- Hosta 'Paul Revere'
- Hosta 'Pineapple Upside Down Cake'
- Hosta 'Praying Hands'
- Hosta 'Regal Splendor'
- Hosta 'Remember Me'
- Hosta 'Revolution'
- Hosta 'Royal Standard'
- Hosta 'Sagae'
- Hosta 'Shade Fanfare'
- Hosta 'Something Different'
- Hosta 'Stained Glass'
- Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
- Hosta 'Touch of Class'
- Hosta 'Twilight'
- Hosta 'Undulata Albomarginata'
- Hosta 'Ventricosa'
- Hosta 'Wheel of Fortune'
- Hosta 'Wide Brim'
- Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'
- Hyacinth
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'Carnegie'
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'City of Haarlem'
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'Delft Blue'
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'Jan Bos'
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'Woodstock'
- Japanese Solomon's Seal
- Jersey Knight Asparagus
- Krossa Regal Hosta
- Lakeside Black Satin Hosta
- Lily of the valley
- Lonesome Dove Hosta
- Lucky bamboo
- Lurida Cast Iron Plant
- Mary Washington Asparagus
- Minuteman Hosta
- Mondo Grass
- Muscari 'White Magic'
- Muscari armeniacum
- Nandina Liriope
- Orange Star
- Oxford and Cambridge Grape Hyacinth
- Pacific Purple Asparagus
- Paul's Glory Hosta
- Pineapple Lily
- Pineapple Upsidedown Cake Hosta
- Ponytail palm
- Portuguese Squill
- Pyrenean Star of Bethlehem
- Red Ti Plant
- Revolution Hosta
- Royal Purple Lilyturf
- Sacahuista
- Sagae Hosta
- Sansevieria Ballyi
- Sansevieria Bantel's Sensation
- Sansevieria Black Coral
- Sansevieria Canaliculata
- Sansevieria Concinna
- Sansevieria Ehrenbergii
- Sansevieria Ehrenbergii Samurai
- Sansevieria Eilensis
- Sansevieria Fischeri
- Sansevieria Forskaliana
- Sansevieria Francisii
- Sansevieria Futura Superba
- Sansevieria Gracilis
- Sansevieria Hahnii
- Sansevieria Hargeisana
- Sansevieria Hyacinthoides
- Sansevieria Intermedia
- Sansevieria Kirkii
- Sansevieria Laurentii
- Sansevieria Liberica
- Sansevieria Longiflora
- Sansevieria Masoniana Variegata
- Sansevieria Moonshine
- Sansevieria Nilotica
- Sansevieria Parva
- Sansevieria Patens
- Sansevieria Pearsonii
- Sansevieria Phillipsiae
- Sansevieria Pinguicula
- Sansevieria Powellii
- Sansevieria Raffillii
- Sansevieria Robusta
- Sansevieria Senegambica
- Sansevieria Singularis
- Sansevieria Starfish
- Sansevieria Stuckyi
- Sansevieria Subspicata
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Black Gold
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Cleopatra
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Craigii
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Futura Robusta
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Gold Flame
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Golden Hahnii
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Jade Marginata
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Laurentii Superba
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Night Owl
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Robusta
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Sensation
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Silver Hahnii
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Superba
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Twist
- Sansevieria Trifasciata Whitney
- Sardinian Glory of the Snow
- Scilla siberica
- Silver Dragon Lilyturf
- Small Grape Hyacinth
- Small Solomon's Seal
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- Snake plant
- Snake Plant
- Solomon's Seal
- Song of India
- Spider plant
- Star of Bethlehem
- Star-flowered Solomon's Seal
- Starfish Sansevieria
- Starry Solomon's Seal
- Striptease Hosta
- Tassel Grape Hyacinth
- Tattoo Hosta
- Texas Sacahuista
- Tokudama Flavocircinalis Hosta
- Tricolor Ti Plant
- Two-leaf Squill
- Two-toned Pineapple Lily
- Variegated Cast Iron Plant
- Variegated Lilyturf
- Variegated Solomon's Seal
- Variegated Spider Plant
- Warneckii Dracaena
- Whale Fin Snake Plant
- White Dragon Mondo Grass
- White Magic Grape Hyacinth
- Whorled Solomon's Seal
- Wide Brim Hosta
- Wide-leaved Grape Hyacinth
- Yucca
Dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants — frequently asked questions
Are dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants toxic to cats and dogs?
Most dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants are not pet-safe. Of the 319 dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants in the Growli library, 302 (95%) carry a toxic or mildly-toxic ASPCA classification and 17 are pet-safe. They are not uniformly safe, so always confirm the exact species on its pet-safety page before trusting it around cats or dogs.
How much light do dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants need?
Most dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants want medium, indirect light — 109 of the 319 in our library do best there. If yours stretches toward the window or loses its variegation it needs more light; scorched or bleached leaves mean it is getting too much.
Are dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants easy to care for?
Some dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants suit experienced growers — several want strong light, sharp drainage or a specific seasonal rhythm. Check the individual species page for the exact regime before you buy.
What is the Asparagaceae family?
The Asparagaceae family — the dracaenas, snake plants & spider plants — groups 319 species across 23 genera in the Growli library, most prominently Dracaena, Hosta, Agave. Members share a broadly similar light, water and soil pattern, which is why it pays to learn the family before the individual plant.