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The dracaena fragrans, or corn plant, often flowers in fall and winter following a temperature drop of a couple weeks. Because the corn plant needs little maintenance and is drought-tolerant, it ...
Discover the best dracaena care tips for light, soil and water, plus how to solve common problems. Get tips on dracaena fragrans, lucky bamboo and more.
Dracaena fragrans (cornstalk dracaena), is a flowering plant species that is native plant throughout tropical Africa, from Sudan south to Mozambique, west to Côte d'Ivoire and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at 600–2,250 m (1,970–7,380 ft) altitude.
Dracaena surculosa, called the gold dust dracaena and spotted dracaena, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa, from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo. [2] [1] Its cultivar 'Florida Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]
Dracaena bagamoyensis grows long stems (over 60 centimetres (2.0 ft)), with slender, flat, succulent leaves. It very closely resembles the related Dracaena arborescens, which has wider, more pliable leaves. The leaves of D. bagamoyensis are narrower (under 16 millimetres (0.63 in)) and more brittle. [4] [5]
Dracaena ellenbeckiana was first described by Engl. in 1902. The species is a shrub or tree, growing 2-8 meters high, with erect stems that are often several from a common base, less often solitary, and little-branched. [5] The stems can be up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter and are longitudinally fissured. [5]
Dracaena americana reaches a typical maximum height of 12 meters with a multi-stem habit; newer stem growth exhibits leaf scars, whereas older growth exhibits an exfoliating bark. The bright green straplike leaves are soft, up to 35 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, and are borne along the length of the stems, rather than the tufted habit typical of ...
Dracaena arborea, the tree dracaena, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to western and west-central wet tropical Africa. [1] It is used as a street tree in a number of African and Brazilian cities.