Dracaena fragrans

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dracaena fragrans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Dracaena fragrans, Ker-Gawl (Aletris fragrans, Linn. Sansevieria fragrans, Jacq.). Arborescent (20 ft. high or more), sometimes branched: Ivs. (1½-3 ft. x 2½-4 in.) sessile, oblanceolate, lax and spreading or recurved, flaccid, green and shining, acute, indistinctly costate: bracts minute, scarious, deltoid: pedicels 1-1½ lines long; fls. glomerate; perianth 6-8 lines long, yellow: berry orange-red. Guinea. B.M. 1081. A.G. 18:389. F.R. 4:189. Gn. M. 8:270. G.W. 12:232. G. 2:286. —Much used for greenhouse and table decoration. D. Knerkii, Hort. Form with glossy light green, less pendulous lvs. D. Rothiana, Hort. A garden form. I.H. 43, p. 97. R.H. 1877, p. 68. D. Victoria, Hort. A garden form. Gn. 63, p. 77. Var. Lindenii, Hort. (D. Lindenii, Hort.). Fig. 1345. Lys. recurved, traversed from base to apex by creamy white bands. Very decorative. I.H. 27:384. F.R. 4:191. G.W. 14:321. A.F. 35:1241. G.C. III. 30:176. Var. Massangeana, Hort. (D. Massangeana, Hort.). A broad yellow stripe along the center of the If. throughout its entire length. F.R. 4:193. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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