Common house plant genus with a tree or shrub like appearance. Use this with questions about care, propagation and identification of Dracaenas. Due to a botanical reclassification Dracaenas now include Sansevierias.
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I repotted my dracaena marginata in an oversized pot. Now that I know this is incorrect, should I repot it again to a smaller pot?
I have a dracaena that was seriously rootbound in a 10-12 inch container. (That's the approximate size; I can't remember it exactly now). In March of this year, I untangled its roots and repotted it into a container that's 17 in high and 18 in in…
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Growing multiple stems on Dracaena
First I must say, I am not quite sure the plant is really a Dracaena…
Well, I see lot of similar plants growing a "multiple" head with several stems but mine is only growing straight up.
I have been researching a little bit about growing but my…
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What’s wrong with my Dracaena Marginata?
I’ve had it for a few weeks now and watered it once. It was on the windowsill for a couple of weeks but has since been moved to my dressing table which gives it some sunlight. About 5/6 leaves have fallen off & the tips of a few leaves are brown.
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Why are my Dracaena Fragrans leaves browning from the base?
I just brought home a Dracaena fragrans a couple of weeks ago, and it is in dire straits. Hoping someone here will have some ideas.
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Leaves turning brown from the base of the leaf (not the tip). Brown leaves easily pull off with…
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Why are my houseplants dying off one by one? (Peace Lilly, Dracaena, English Ivy)
What is going on with the plants below? I can't post pictures of them all as I don't have enough rep on this particular site.
I use a hygrometer -which I thought was working fine- to time watering, and I've purposefully left them dry for days…
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Why are my Dracaena and ZZ leaves turning yellow?
I have a dracaena and zz plant, zamioculcas zamiifolia, in my apartment.
Two weeks ago, the dracaena leaves tips started to get yellow and brown, and the zz leaves turned yellow. I cut the affected tips and removed the yellow leaves but the problem…
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Tiny Yellow spots on Dracaena Reflexa Pleomele. What I am doing wrong?
It's not on all leaves, but, let's say, on 70% of the leaves.
Well-drained soil. Medium-bright indirect light. I water it every two days, ~250ml water. It was fine a few days back, but now the leaves are getting these yellow spots. Here are…
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What would be the symptoms of a Song of India plant with too little water?
My Song of India (Dracaena reflexa) has brown spots but I certainly am NOT overwatering it. It has 2 hours of direct sun and 10 hours of artificial lighting. I water it about every 9 days, or when the soil is 2" dry to the touch.
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How to grow a Dracaena from a broken branch
I accidentally broke one branch in a dracaena I have. I just put in another pot with some soil and it surprisingly start to root and grow. Issue is, it is very thin and disproportionate in respect to his own leaves. It does seems to grow in becoming…
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Dracaena: does it need a repot?
Please consider this plant:
It is in the same soil/pot from about 10 years, without any care that some water.
After starting to try take some care, ( ie adding some fertilizer), the plant developed a new born tree in the middle. What is best to do,…
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Mold or precipitate on houseplant soil? Yellow peaks in soil clump tops
Ever since I got my 2nd hand dragon tree, the soil has had these yellowish peaks. Until today, I never really thought about them.
However, I added some new soil on the old about a week ago. The yellow peaks seem to be already appearing. It is also…
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Song of Jamaica. probably overwatered, need suggestions how to save the plant
Because of the war here in Ukraine, the plant was kept in a basement without any sunlight for a month before we took it to our house.
Today we discovered, that there are no drainage holes, so there is a probably an overwatering issue too.
We need…
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Dracaena marginata help
Bought my Dracaena marginata less then a month ago. It was doing great with the occasional loss of a leaf or two. I went out of town for the holidays (5 days) and came back to my plant in complete crisis mode. What is my best chance of saving this…
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Dragon tree yellow leaves
I have a few yellow leaves with some brown spots. The rest of the plant looks ok, close to the window, water once a week (sometimes fresh water from tap, sometimes I let the water stay overnight before using it). Any ideas? I'm not very good with…
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