Scientific Name:	Dracaena marginata
Pronunciation:	druh-SEE-nuh mar-jin-AY-tuh
Common Name:	dragon tree, red margined dracaena
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves long, linear with red margin, densely whorled.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Arching, Stiffly upright Form: Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Africa Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Sheltered Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Container planting, Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Cutlivars shown include D. 'Tricolor'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Sessile, Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Red, Red margins; cv. Tricolor w. pink, cream stripes. Colour in Fall: Green, Red Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acuminate Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 6 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug Additional Info: Unlikely to flower locally

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Dark-red Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Rarely forms locally

Bark or Stem Colour: Dark Grey, Brown

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Mites, Scale insects,

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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