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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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Filtered or unfiltered water ok for houseplants?

I live in what the local water company describe as a "very hard" water area (122.8 Ca mg/l, 307 CaCO3 mg/l, 21.49° Clarke, 17.19° German). I usually drink filtered water (Brita Maxtra cartridges) - is it better to water houseplants with filtered or…
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Why are my Dracaena marginata leaves getting brown spots and falling off?

My dracaena has been losing a lot of leaves recently, and it seems to me that they all have brown spots. They turn yellow and then they fall. My mom says nothing has changed in the way she watered it during the entire winter. Click on the pictures…
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How to prune an overgrown (and now flowering) Dracaena?

My cut Dracaena (houseplant) has become very tall, and now one of the "branches" has flowered. What is the typical way a Dracaena is maintained as a household specimen plant as it outgrows the configuration as seen in the example below? My Dracaena…
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Plant identification and advice on how to maintain it

I found this plant on the street a few weeks ago and I took it home. Initially, I placed it on the balcony, but I noticed after a few days that the leaves were losing color. I replanted it in a bigger pot and put it in the shade inside the room. The…
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How long can plants survive without light?

For context I'm moving house and shipping most of my stuff. Shipping is expected to take 1-2 weeks. I want to know if shipping my house plants is worth considering. I have a bunch of cacti and succulents, an Anthurium lily, a Dracena, and a…
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What is the white residue spreading across my dracaena and how do I treat it?

I have a white residue spreading across my dracaena at home. I tried wiping it with wet sponge when it was on one leaf only but its come back and spreading across now 50% of the plant. Some of the leaves are turning brown as well. The white residue…
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Is this potted plant with long, narrow, pointed leaves a dracaena?

My dad gave me this plant years ago. I think he said it was a dracaena. It that true? If not, and I remember incorrectly, what is it? I live in New Jersey, in the Northeast United States, at the shore. I put the plant outside during the summer and…
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Are these brown areas on my dracaena leaves a disease?

My dracaena has several leaves with this kind of quite big brown areas on them: Photo source Does this look like a disease or might it be only bad caring? I have a separate post related to falling leaves, but now I see these brown areas on green,…
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My dragon tree has lost all its leaves from one stem in the past week?

We’ve had our dragon tree for around 2/3 months and it’s been fine. Within the past week or two, all leaves from one stem have completely dropped off, and the tips are slightly bendy. The other stems/leaves are completely fine so not sure what’s…
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Pale green areas in new leaves of Draceana fragrans, disease?

Does anyone know whats wrong with my draceana? All the new leaves have those "pale green" areas, they have it already in the beginning. I´m familiar with the common pests and they are not the cause. All the old leaves seems healthy. The plants get…
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What is the white powdery substance on my Dracaena's leaves?

I bought a Dracaena about 3 months ago. I water it 1-2 times a week and make sure the soil is moist, but not too damp. About 3 weeks ago, it started developing a white powdery substance on the leaves. Can you tell me what this is or what I can do…
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Dracaena Massangeana: Leaf spots on new growth

Over the course of the past week I noticed spots developing on some of the new leaves. These start as faint yellow halos and seem to develop a brown core quickly over the course of a few days. The brown part is ~5 mm in diameter, while the halo can…
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What causes widening in the stem of a lucky bamboo?

I purchased this strange looking bamboo plant solely because it looked so unique. I am totally curious which species it could be, and why it grew a round ball shape on its stock. The length of internodes is very small-maybe. 0.5 cm or smaller .…
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Why is my Dracaena fragrans wrinkling?

I have a Dracaena fragrans (corn plant) which is dying. I originally purchased it just over a year ago, when a similar plant I had (Yucca elephantisis) died in a similar manner. Basically, what happens is that the new growth on the cane starts to…
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What is causing my Dracaena deremensis to develop brown spots and die?

My plant has been having brown spots growing out of nowhere and the whole leaf would turn brown. I tried drying it out and water less (also water more) and it didn't seem to help. I tried using baking soda and it didn't help. I tried misting it and…
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