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Home Plant descriptions Noel's Garden Vale Robert Percy History
Dracaena species are a hardy landscape plant - Draco, marginata and colourama are the most popular but reflexa species have a place as well in the garden . They make excellent pot specimens or as feature plants in the landscape.
Dracaena cambodiana D. colourama D. Draco D. marginata D. Song of India
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| Dracaena cambodiana is a soft fleshy leafed dracaena, it will grow to 2-3m and is very hardy. These are three in our nursery they create multiple heads and are suited in tropicial or succulent gardens. It is quite rare. |
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Dracaena colourama is used as a feature plant both in pots and in
the landscape. It will happily grow in full sun or part shade. The
upright foliage, born on canes, has a mixture of bright red, orange,
cream and green.Light pruning keeps the foliage fresh and colourful, I would recommend
pruning at different levels. This plant can get quite large so allow for that in planting. |
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Dracaena draco will eventually grow into a mushroom shaped tree but
it will take years. Initially it grows on a single stem that eventually
branches out into multiple stems. Each of those stems follow the same
pattern growing singly for years and then branching. Once mature it flowers with cream fragrant flowers followed by a crop of berries. These are great for creating a structural element in a garden design. |
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Dracaena marginata is a very upright plant with stiff dark green
leaves featuring red margins. It's fast growing, very hardy and will
happily grow in sun or shade. They can be grown in pots or in the
landscape but they can get very large.
I have one that is 25 years old in the ground and it has a base of 800mm and is 5m high. The good news is that they can be pruned heavily so as to keep them in shape. They can drop older leaves especially if in a drought situation but with minimal care they can be a stunning feature plant. Dracaena marginata is a very upright plant with stiff dark green leaves featuring red margins. |
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Dracaena reflexa Song Of India is a smaller leafed dracaena with a
strong variegation in the leaf It's an upright columnar form that
responds well to pruning to create a colourful column of foliage. It
will grow in sun or shade and can be used as a feature plant or as part
of a tropical garden. There is variability within the variety as can be seen by the two different colours in this photo from our stock gardens. It is just as hardy as the other species in this useful group of plants.Dracaena reflexa Song Of India is a smaller leafed dracaena with a strong variegation in the leaf. |