(Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) 4. The edges of each leaf contain short brown spikes that grow close together.īecause of its size, Snake Aloe grows best outside but can be a popular and attractive houseplant if the container is large enough. Its bright green rosettes grow close to the ground while the thick, scaled stems grow from the center of the rosettes. This large, short-stemmed succulent can grow 4 – 5 ft (1.2 – 1.5 meters) tall with its inflorescence of pale yellow blossoms. (Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Aloe 3. The red buds reveal yellow or golden-colored flowers. The plant flowers after 10 – 15 years on tall stalks that measure 6 – 20 ft (1.8 – 6 meters) in height. The broad, flat leaves of Parry’s Agave are an attractive powdery blue-gray color, with dark ridges of short spikes along the edges of each leaf. (Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) 2. The Saw Leaf Agave is also called the Century Plant. With loose, star-shaped rosettes, the long yellow-green leaves of the Saw Leaf Agave have long, light-colored spikes that grow about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart along the edges. Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) Agave 1. Black Coral Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)

African Spear Plant (Sansevieria cylindrica) Pebbled Tiger’s Jaw (Faucaria tuberculosa) Red Star Bromeliad (Cryptanthus bivittatus)

Curly spike plant