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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My dracaena reflexa suddenly lost all its leaves and turned yellow

I bought a dracaena reflexa a couple of weeks ago, in a rather good state. In less than a week it turned from seemingly perfectly healthy to practically dead and I would like some advice. Both in case this plant can be saved and because I plan on…
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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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How to help my Dracaena Dragon trunk

My trunk has grown so high only foliage is at top. 2 yrs old but it touches ceiling. No way I can leave outside during winter. Can I cut back the trunk without killing it?
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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 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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How to correct leaning dracaena

I have a dracaena (I think a dracaena malaika) that's probably about six years old. It has been in front of a kitchen window for a while and eventually started to lean towards the light. I don't think it can stand on its own so I have tied a stake…
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Dracena Marginata leaves spots (orange and white)

My Dracaena plant has started developing what appears to be two separate issues after I have repotted it (admittedly in the wrong time of the year - mid winter). I've had it for close to 7 years now. I have repotted it previously and it didn't…
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Yellow spots on Dracaena Reflexa

I have some yellow spots on my Dracaena, see the first picture. The plant is getting a lot of light and looks really happy, exept these spots, there is also a little bit of sticky substance on the underside of the leaves near the stem, but I don’t…
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