| Janet
Craig Dracaena (Dracaena
deremensis ‘Janet Craig') |
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Other common Names |
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Light |
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Low
-Medium |
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Care
level
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Easy |
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Water |
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Keep
soil evenly moist |
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Humidity |
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Average |
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Temperature |
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Average
- Warm |
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Propagation Method |
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Stem
cuttings, air layering |
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Common Problems |
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Scale,
root rot, brown leaf tips |
| Decoration
Tips |
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Floor
Plant |
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Varities: |
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Description |
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| The
Janet Craig Dracaena features long,
glossy, dark green leaves originating
from a common stem. This slow-growing
beauty can eventually grow quite tall,
and makes an excellent large floor
plant. This plant is very easy to
care for, and tolerates a wide range
of conditions. |
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| Related Links & INFO |
Viewer asked
on November 2004:
Dracaena, about 7' tall, is outside for
the time being. From the floor up to about
half way it bears no leafs. The trunk is
growing crooked. Someone told me to just
cut off the top so it would have more room
to grow taller. It is top heavy. What should
I do?
We replied:
One method that you can use to create
a shorter, bushier plant (Dracaena
here) is air layering. With air layering,
you make a small wound in the plant's
stem, and the plant then grows roots from
this point. Once the roots are well-formed,
you can cut the stem off at that point,
and pot up the top part of your plant
to form a new, shorter plant. And if you
choose a point on the stem just below
where the leaves start, you can create
a bushier plant, and account for the loss
of lower leaves on the parent plant.
The following link is from
Iowa State University, and has a great
illustrative guide to air layering. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM268.pdf
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