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leaves look correct but the stem is single not a tri or pitchfork shaped stem. Is there a version without a three prong stem?Dracaena marginata, dragon tree
Yes. When it's not pruned or planted with multiple plants per pot.leaves look correct but the stem is single not a tri or pitchfork shaped stem. Is there a version without a three prong stem?
100% correct.Dracaena marginata, dragon tree
I'm pretty sure that's what a friend's partner calls the 'freeze frame' plant. The weapon of choice for interior decorators. The 'goes nowhere, does nothing' plant. Minimal maintenance plant used to fill in empty corners in homes and offices.Dracaena marginata
Stem just grew all crooked but it’s still standing up straight. Yours saying new stems can sprout ???I'm pretty sure that's what a friend's partner calls the 'freeze frame' plant. The weapon of choice for interior decorators. The 'goes nowhere, does nothing' plant. Minimal maintenance plant used to fill in empty corners in homes and offices.
However, given the right circumstances, it can grow 10 to 15 feet high and when the stem can't support it it lies down and secondary stems sprout from it. Those circumstances are rainforest environment, continuous humidity and moisture and very low light.
How do you do this any guides or anything I’m afraid I’ll just kill the plant trying that.100% correct.
This plant is severely neglected, and probably will never recover unless you restart the whole stem.
Time to chop and pot
Apparently, yes. I think Alex has several dozen scattered around. His business is decorative plant service in offices in San Francisco, installing and maintaining them. Natch he prefers very low maintenance and environment tolerant.Stem just grew all crooked but it’s still standing up straight. Yours saying new stems can sprout
I've seen one in the garden of a restaurant near here. Lying on the ground with maybe 20 sub stems up to 3 or four feet long. Complete canopy shade zero sunlight, entire garden mist watered every day. Soil heavily clay bearing loam. I suspect if I tried that it would be dead in months.How do you do this any guides or anything I’m afraid I’ll just kill the plant trying that.
Our roses wither and wilt when I get near them and the orchids quit flowering. When the boss leaves me to tend to her plants it's a death sentence. Not hyperbole. I'm the botanical angel of death. Figures I'm the son of a professional gardener.You'd have to be truly skilled to kill off one of these plants.
The ole' black thumb curse. Possibly over-loving your plants? Most plants seem to thrive on neglect, water, and sunlight for me. (Barring those finicky orchids!) But I'm the son of carpenters and farmers.Our roses wither and wilt when I get near them and the orchids quit flowering. When the boss leaves me to tend to her plants it's a death sentence. Not hyperbole. I'm the botanical angel of death. Figures I'm the son of a professional gardener.
................... too soon to tell. Give it another decade or two to fall over and wither.It’s still alive!
If it’s grown, I can’t tell so. Maybe an inch. Or nothing. It looks like it might need new soil at some point.................... too soon to tell. Give it another decade or two to fall over and wither.
How much has it grown?
I've always suspected asparagus originated from an alien life form. Just ask the average kid forced to eat those things.