If you’ve never taken care of a plant before and want an easy start, our range of snake plants are the one for you, and Susie is a star member. You’d have to try pretty hard to actually kill Susie as she thrives on neglect, responding best to the lightest of watering and then just being left alone. She will appreciate a feed with liquid fertiliser once per month in spring and summer, but that's about as much special attention as she needs. If you want to know more, have a look at our full care guide.

She is a great bedroom plant as it stores up oxygen throughout the day, then releases it all at night.

Low-key as they are, snake plants have long been treasured all over the world. In Nigeria, they are associated with Ogun, the deity of war. In other parts of Africa, they are connected to Oya, the bringer of storms. In China, it's the ‘Tiger’s tail orchid’; in Japan, the ‘Tiger’s tail’; in Brazil, the ‘Sword of Saint George’; in Russia, ‘Pike’s tail’. Basically, this plant is pretty famous.

For more very easy plants, check out our Unkillables range.

Did you know?

Another nickname for this plant is ‘Viper’s bowstring hemp’, because its strong fibres were once used to make strings for bows.