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Dracena seeding - draco?

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Howdyall: roared into a parking lot in La Habra and I noted the plant below, full of seeds. (The Seed Fairy deposited some in my truck's drink thingie . . . .)

So have any of you ever grown these from seeds?

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NorthFlpalmguy Proficient

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I have not yet but have thought about it. It's a cool looking plant! The only problem is I hear they are super slow growers.

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LJG Grand Master

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They are weeds in my garden Dave. I now have my gardener climb my trees and cut out the flowers or I would have hundreds popping up. Birds eat them and spread them everywhere. Just plant and they sprout fast. They also grow fast with water.

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Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

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-- Alfred Austin

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Geoff Mentor

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I have a third generation plant from seed that my friend bought the grandmother of originally about 20 years ago… and it's getting too large to carry… so that's pretty fast to me.

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This thread is making me so envious. I love dracaena draco and I really wish we could grow them in Florida. I have seen them around Southern California, but I don't recall ever seeing one in Florida. I have heard that they will tolerate 18 degrees Fahrenheit (with damage), but spring back afterwards.

I must admit, though, that I have seen much prettier dracaena draco trees than the one in the photo above (if indeed it is a dracaena draco at all).

I once telephoned a large cactus/succulent nursery while in the Miami region and asked for a dracaeno draco. The woman who answered replied, "What! That's a California plant. We don't grow that in Florida."

Maybe they would grow in Florida, despite the summer humidity (?) I would love to hear from anyone who has tried growing dracaena draco in a humid subtropical climate or tropical climate to see how the Dragon Tree survived there.

Hey Californians, if you want to get rid of your Dragon Tree seedlings, just PM me!

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LJG Grand Master

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They grow in Florida. I saw a nice one at Ft Lauderdale. Just needs good drainage. I don't think they are as happy and healthy in that high heat/humidify/wet soil combo, but they grow.

You should look at some of the Thai dragon trees. Here are some group planted I saw in Chaing Mai recently. I believe they are Dracaena cochinchinensis, but who knows as there are like 6 that look similar.

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Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Oh yeah

Gonna plant some use them for party favors

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I've seen one in Jacksonville and inquired about it so they have been grown at least that far north in Florida. It's been years ago though and who knows if it survived.

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The dragos are very common in south Spain.

They are the same than the californian dragos.

Grows fast with water and if you put one seed in the most sunny, sandy and dry place, you will have a small drago.

It's like a rock.

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