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Ontario  Earhtmother May 21, 2018 2:29 PM CST |
| Daughter inherited what she was told is a Dragon Palm. It is all stem(s) with only a crown of leaves. How does she get it back into shape. |
Name: Will Creed NYC Prof. plant consultant & educator  WillC May 21, 2018 4:49 PM CST |
| We can help you better with what apparently is a Dracaena marginata if you post a photo that shows the entire plant, including its pot. Will Creed Horticultural Help, NYC www.HorticulturalHelp.com Contact me directly at [email protected] I now have a book available on indoor plant care |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b)              purpleinopp May 22, 2018 12:56 PM CST |
| That's the normal appearance of Dracaena marginata after a few years of growth: Dragon Tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia) Dragon Tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia 'Tricolor') If all of the stems are coming from one trunk at the base, I would trim them one at a time, so the recovery does not require the plant to do it without any foliage. If each stem is separate as it emerges from the soil, trimming all at the same time would be fine since they are separate individuals. Either way, one or more new stems will grow near the point where each stem is cut. The removed pieces can be stuck back in the pot, all the way to the bottom if they are long enough, to make the pot more full, or in separate pots to start new pots if desired. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Ontario Earhtmother May 22, 2018 3:00 PM CST |
| So if I go by the Dragon Palm picture that's not what she has (I don't think) Stopped by her place this morning and heres the plant in all it's *leggy* glory ????It won't let me add an image only take a picture?????? |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp May 22, 2018 3:59 PM CST |
| I'm sorry you're having trouble adding a pic. What kind of computer browser or other device are you using? If the plant in question really is a palm, their habit is also to just have a poof of foliage at the top, but trimming is not an option. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Ontario Earhtmother May 23, 2018 2:53 PM CST |
| I do pretty much everything on my Android phone |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)            plantladylin May 23, 2018 3:41 PM CST |
If not Dracaena marginata, I wonder if it might be Spineless Yucca (Yucca gigantea) I've never heard them called "Dragon Palm" but they do have that kind of appearance!  Here are some photo's for comparison; one in our yard that towers over the second story sure of our house and the last photo is a smaller plant at our old house years ago.    ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp May 24, 2018 4:54 AM CST |
| Hopefully someone with that kind of phone will provide some guidance. I've never tried to use the internet on a phone. The screen on my computer is about as small of a screen as I want to try to work with. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15          |
Earhtmother said:I do pretty much everything on my Android phone Click the "upload an image" button below the posting box, then the upload/add image button that pops up, sometimes I have to click it twice, it then gives you options to select location, like Camera roll. My gardening Blog! Handmade quilts, face masks, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
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