The mother in laws tongue (also known as snake plant) is a flowering species which is primarily grown for its slick sword like long leaves. This is a slow growing plant that anyone can grow because of its low and high sun light tolerance and ease of watering.There is a number of these succulent type varieties available that includes, golden edged leaves, white edged and the green and grayish mottled type. The golden edged leaf S.trifasciata laurentii is the most common of these.