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Questions tagged [dracaena]

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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Dracaena leaves becoming brown

I started to see the end of my dracaena's leafs becoming burned, then later the other leafs started to became brown-ish. See the photo below. I put some organic fertiliser and later left it outside, where it got some light rain and sun for 2 days.…
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Dracaena dying? Propagating

I prematurely decided to propagate a Dracaena! My plant was growing rapidly as the weather was nice for a few weeks so I thought it would be a good time to propagate... 1 week later and it began snowing and the plant has gone back into…
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Long brown stripes and lots of small brown spots in Dracaena leaves

I ordered a "misfits" box of plants recently and after a week of traveling at freezing temperatures (around -6 °C, or 20 °F), it arrived today. One of the plants in there is a Dracaena according the EU Plant Passport on the pot; it has comparatively…
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Dracaena Propagation/thicker trunk

I have 3 questions about my Dracaena! She currently has 3 nodes off the main trunk. If I cut the trunk in half, will these nodes die? Secondly, I've seen some Dracaenas with incredibly thick trunks, how can I make the trunk thicker? Thirdly, are…
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Brown splotches on leaves on Dracaena Fragrans

I have a Dracaena fragrans that I've had for about 5 years with 4 stalks. About 9 months ago, I moved it to a bigger pot, and it continues to grow (almost to my ceiling!), but over the last month or so the new growth on the tallest stalk has shown…
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How to save a newly cut dracaena without leaves

I tried to get a cut from my dracaena and propagate it before travelling. Unfortunately when we arrived the cut was damaged - the leaves were cut off. Now I'm afraid that it doesn't have any roots yet, neither leaves, so it may not survive. Is it…
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brown spots on dracaena

I tried to search about this specific spots, but couldn't find anything relevant. But I'm also new to plants and gardening, so I probably don't know exactly what I should be looking for. I got this dracaena lemon lime a few weeks ago, but it started…
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What are these black/brown patches on my corn plant

I recently purchased a large dracaena fragrans, collquially "corn plant." Its stalk is approximately 1 meter tall. I keep it indoors, in front of a north facing window (probably not ideal, but at the moment I don't have any other room for it),…
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Leaves on my Dracaena reflexa have died because of cold and I trimmed them

I am currently located in Srinagar (India) the winter has been a tad too harsh this year with night temperatures plummeting to -7 degrees C all the leaves on my Dracaena reflexa gehich I had forgotten outside) have dried up because of cold so I…
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Is this a Dracaena reflexa?

I struggle to identify this plant. I have searched for similar leaves but could not find a definitive answer yet. Some details about the plant: age: about seven years height: 80 inches / 2 m (as seen on the photo) it won't stop growing :)
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My dracaena is turning brown in one month what should i do?

I bought this plant 1 month ago. Leaves are turning brown, faded and plae. What should i do? I have placed it in my bedroom.
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Brown and yellow spots on dracaena (corn plant) only in light middle areas?

After doing a bunch of google'ing I first thought the roots might have rot so I repotted and the roots looked perfectly healthy. Then I thought maybe I'm over watering or it has some kind of fungal disease so I reduced watering but that didn't…
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What's wrong with my Dracaena

I brought this from nursery last week, repotted in Top soil and water gently. Today I started noticing a yellow leaf. Can someone help me to understand what's wrong with this? I don't want this to die.
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Can I popagate this soil-suffocated Dracaena node? Is it dead?

While transplanting my Dracaena into a larger pot. I noticed what looked like a stick or root laying in the soil that had shook loose. After looking closer its a underdeveloped nodeI think. Its about 5 inches long. It's not dried out, and the soil…
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Dracaena hollow between stem and bark, is it dead?

One of my Dracaena stems has never quite managed to grow any leaves (there was a tiny shoot when I bought it but that soon vanished). As you can see from the picture, there is a gap between the stem and the bark. I've sawed the top off (that's…
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