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Plant Name: |
DRACAENA DRACO (DRAGON TREE) |
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Description:
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Robust, slow-growing, eventually widely branched tree, resembling an inside-out umbrella in outline when mature. Tufted or rosetted, glaucous, mid-to dark green leaves, 30-60cm long, are linear-lance-shaped and spine-tipped. Mature plants produce terminal panicles, up to 30cm long, white-tinged green flowers in summer, followed by large, spherical, orange-red fruit. |
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SYNOPSIS | ||||
Mature Size / Spread / Form | 5 - 10m / 2 - 6m / Umbrella shaped crown | |||
Foliage Color | Mid - dark green / White - green | |||
Growth Rate | Slow | |||
Sunlight tolerance | Medium | |||
Wind tolerance | Medium | |||
Salinity tolerance | Medium | |||
Drought tolerance | High | |||
Family name | AGAVACEAE / DRACAENACEAE |