Product Details A Full Size Dracaena fragrans gives you a whole grove in one pot. Several woody canes rise to staggered heights, each one topped with a loose fountain of long, glossy, arching leaves, so the greenery layers up the plant instead of sitting in a single flat crown. The result is full and tiered, a generous sweep of foliage that furnishes a room the way a small tree does. Those strap-like leaves, often marked with a pale or gold stripe down the middle, are what earned it the everyday name corn plant, since they arch out just like the leaves on a cornstalk. A Dracaena fragrans is one of the great unfussy floor plants, content in the kind of lower light where showier greenery turns thin and sulky, which is why you’ve seen it holding court in lobbies and offices for decades. Care Is Dracaena fragrans a good indoor plant? A Dracaena fragrans is one of the most reliable indoor plants you can choose, which is exactly why it has been a fixture in homes and offices for generations. It puts up with low light, occasional neglect, and ordinary room conditions while still looking lush. For a plant that asks so little, it gives back a lot of greenery. Does Dracaena fragrans like sun or shade? A Dracaena fragrans is happiest in bright to moderate filtered light, yet it tolerates shadier spots far better than most leafy plants. Keep it out of harsh direct sun, which scorches and fades the leaves, and away from a truly dark corner, where the foliage grows narrow and sparse. A bright room out of direct rays keeps it at its fullest. How often should I water a Dracaena fragrans? Water your Dracaena fragrans when the top inch or two (2.5 to 5 cm) of soil feels dry, keeping it lightly moist but never soggy, and ease right back through winter. Soggy roots are the quickest way to harm it, so always check the soil first. It is also sensitive to the fluoride in some tap water, so filtered, distilled, or left-out water keeps the leaf tips a clean green. Does a Dracaena fragrans need feeding? A Dracaena fragrans gets by on very little feeding. Give it a balanced liquid fertilizer at half strength once a month through spring and summer, and none at all over fall and winter. Going easy matters here, since excess fertilizer salts show up as browning leaf tips. How big does a Dracaena fragrans get? A Dracaena fragrans grows slowly into a small indoor tree, usually settling between 4 and 10 feet (about 1.2 to 3 m) over the years. This full-size plant stands around 5 feet (about 1.5 m) on its canes, already a generous size. If it ever outgrows your ceiling, you can cut a cane back and fresh growth sprouts just below the cut. How long does a Dracaena fragrans live? A Dracaena fragrans is a long-term companion that lives for many years indoors, and for decades in the right conditions. Its slow, steady pace is part of why it lasts, building itself up gradually rather than burning out fast. Treated well, this is a plant that grows alongside you for a long stretch of life. Pet-friendly? The Dracaena fragrans is not pet-friendly, and it is worth keeping away from small children too. Every part of the plant holds saponins that are toxic to cats and dogs, so it is best placed where they cannot reach the leaves. If a pet in your home likes to chew the greenery, our pet-friendly collection has plenty of large plants that are safe to live alongside. Is the Dracaena fragrans poisonous to cats? The Dracaena fragrans is toxic to cats, and the leaves seem to tempt them. A cat that chews them may drool heavily, vomit, go off its food, and sometimes show noticeably dilated pupils, so a spot well out of a cat's reach is wise. It is rarely serious, though a vet call makes sense if your cat seems genuinely unwell. Is the Dracaena fragrans safe for dogs? The Dracaena fragrans is not safe for dogs. The same saponins can leave a dog drooling, retching, and low on energy if it gnaws the leaves, so keep this one up and out of the way. Most cases pass quickly, but check in with your vet if the symptoms linger. Factoids What is the common name for Dracaena fragrans? A Dracaena fragrans goes by several friendly names, most often corn plant or cornstalk plant, after its corn-like leaves. You may also see it sold as mass cane, for the thick canes it grows on, or as the happy plant. They all point to the same easygoing African native. Does Dracaena fragrans flower? A Dracaena fragrans can flower, though it does so rarely indoors and usually only on a mature plant. When it happens, it sends up sprays of small pink-and-white flowers that open in the evening and release a sweet, powerful perfume, enough to scent a whole room. That heady fragrance is precisely what the name fragrans was given for. Where does a Dracaena fragrans come from? A Dracaena fragrans hails from the tropical uplands of Africa, where it grows as a tall, woody shrub. That warm, shaded origin is exactly why it settles so easily into heated indoor rooms and copes with light levels that would starve a sun-lover. Its roots, quite literally, prepared it for life as a houseplant. Buy a Dracaena fragrans Because a Dracaena fragrans this size is built from several canes at different heights, the fullness and shape vary quite a bit from one plant to the next. A free video shopping call is the easy way to find the one you want: we will carry a few into view, show you how the layered canopy sits, and let you choose your favourite on the spot. Book your call here. It then travels to you on our own van with our own driver, settled upright and unshaken, the way a plant this leafy ought to arrive. We will be right here for its care long after it lands. Title (56): Full Size Dracaena fragrans (Corn Plant) | Dahing Plants Meta (159): A multi-cane Dracaena fragrans, the classic corn plant, with tiers of glossy leaves. Low-light tolerant, delivered by our own van. See it on a free video call.
