Dracena florida beauty |
Botanical Name: Dracaena Godseffiana
Origins: Canary Islands
Light: Medium Light
Watering: Every 2 to 7 Days
Growth Speed: Medium
Grower: Novice
Style: Table Top
Home Decor: Casual
Dracaenas display
such amazing diversity in foliage that it is hard to realize they all belong to
one genus. D. deremensis, rarely grown in the form of the basic species, comes
in several popular varieties, most of which grow 2 to 5 feet tall. Two of the
best are Janet Craig, which has strap like shiny dark green leaves 12 to 18
inches long and about 2 inches wide, and Warneckei, a variety particularly
suited to dim light, which has 8 to 12 inch stiff sword-like gray-green leaves
with white stripes. The Dragon Tree has thick, stiff pointed leaves 18 to 24
inches long and about 1 1/2 inches wide. The leaves are silvery green and grow
in a rosette form when the plant is young. As the plant matures, it forms a
stubby trunk and may in some cases become 3 to 4 feet tall.
The fragrant Dracaena is most famous for its variety D.
fragrans Massangeana, corn plant, which grows up to 6 feet tall and bears
leaves 18 to 30 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. The leaves, marked with a
yellow stripe down the center, resemble those of corn plants. The Gold Dust
dracaena is quite unlike the other species. It grows 2 1/2 feet tall and has
thin wiry stems and flat oval leaves, 3 to 4 inches long that are held
horizontally in tiers or spirals along the stems. The dark green leaves are
generously spotted with a creamy yellow that fades to white as the leaves
mature.
The stunning variety Florida Beauty has so much yellow or
white on its leaves that little green is visible. The Red Margined dracaena is
sometimes erroneously called Spanish Dagger because it looks like Yucca gloriosa,
the plant that is generally known by that common name. The Red Margined
dracaena bears clusters of 12 to 15 inch, red-edged leaves about 1/2 inch wide
that grow atop 3/4 inch-wide main stems, which become as tall as 8 feet.
Sanders dracaena, an extremely durable species that grows well in plain water,
has gracefully lax leaves 7 to 10 inches long and about 1 inch wide. They are
gray-green and have broad white edges. Young plants a few inches tall are
frequently used in dish gardens. Mature plants grow 4 to 5 feet tall with stems
up to 1/2 inch thick
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