Snake plants are one of the most popular indoor plants. Their structural foliage and resilience to neglect make them a staple ...

Whether you’re nurturing a resilient snake plant from West Africa or a delicate peace lily native to tropical regions, yellowing leaves can be a common yet concerning issue for indoor gardeners. As a ...

Giving your snake plant too much water can cause the leaves to fall over. "In severe cases, the leaf tissue will start to die and rot," says Justin Hancock, horticulturist for Costa Farms.

Additionally, the tips of a snake plant's leaves may turn brown when it's dehydrated, a condition called scorch. "This happens when the roots do not have enough water to absorb from the soil ...

Plants can go weeks, sometimes months, without water, but if plants stay wet, root rot develops, causing leaves to turn yellow and collapse, eventually leading to plant death.

You can trim back a snake plant by cutting its outer leaves at the soil line. Once cut, you can turn those leaves into new plants. PHOTO COURTESY OF OTTILLIA “TOOTS” BIER.

The horticulture industry’s emphasis on the generic snake plant, he said, “leads people to totally misjudge the genus — which happened to me for most of my life as well.” But no more.

The issue can be caused by inadequate watering, old age, temperature fluctuations, and more. Kseniya Ovchinnikova / Getty Images One of the most common problems you'll encounter when caring for ...