Botanical Name: Common Names:
Dracaena fragrans Happy Plant, Corn Plant, Cornstalk Palm, Chinese Happy Plant,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plants, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Dense, Upright, Upright Narrow
Description:
Multi-stemmed, slow growing plant with large clusters of glossy green drooping leaves. A popular indoor plant.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m <30cm
Position: Soil Type:
Semi Shade, Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plant, Mass Planting, Shady Garden, Tropical Garden
Pests & Diseases: Mealy Bugs, Scale
Cultural Notes: Will grow outdoors in tropical humid climates where it can reach up to 15m. In cooler climates it is perfect for pots which can be kept on patios, verandahs and most commonly indoors. Avoid overwatering by allowing a drying out time between waterings. Likes humidity. Feed in spring or summer. Commonly used as an indoor plant in offices, apartments and shopping malls. Young plants are single stemmed and branching increases with subsequent flowering episodes. For indoor situations simply cut the cane at the height you wish to keep the plant and new clusters of leaves with sprout just below. It is very slow growing.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser
Family Name: Origin:
Asparagaceae Africa
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Cream, White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: All Year
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Tender
Wind: Low
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