r/Dracaena

Hi all! My dracaena tree has been leaning for some time. I tried to tie the trunks back a bit like I read online, but she still seems to be leaning too much and I’m scared she’s in bad health.

Mind you, I did just water her after I accidentally neglected her for a week due to surgery. So that’s why she looks a little limp in the leaves.

She doesn’t get a lot of light during the day, not any direct sunlight, anyway. I’m wondering if I need to repot her to a taller and wider pot or do I try to just recentre her in the same pot she’s in? Or should I move her to an area where there’s more windows but still in a place without indirect sunlight? I hear they don’t like that.

She was $70 and I’d hate to lose her after only three years.

Any and all advice is appreciated!

Just showing off my first kokedama made with a little dracena!
Im super satisfied and I can’t wait to see how it will look like in a few months 🤩

I love my Dracaena fragrans, but it seems that she's not thriving, just existing and slowly growing.

Until yesterday when I've spotted flowers?!? Which are sticky of syrup already. On both of the stems?

It really cheered me and now I wonder how rare this flowering in the house is? And what can I expect?

Any tips?

Pic 1 - 1st March, pic 2 - today. I bought a dracaena off Gumtree and I moved into a huge pot of soil with no drainage. After a year of either heavy watering or none at all, it was very stressed and dying a slow death. I’m very proud of the revival I’ve managed to bring it back to life. I transferred to a smaller pot with drainage which now sits in the large decorative pot. I mixed perlite with new soil and I now water once weekly, removing inner pot and then placing outside to allow for full drainage of watering. Since 1st March it has grown 27 NEW LEAVES!!!! Absolutely buzzzing. Still a work in progress but ecstatic to get it producing loads of new leaves and life

AI says I buried too deeply. I can’t imagine this is correct. If anything, I wanted to make sure it the main roots weren’t too high. I like the max exposed roots, but really don’t want to kill this one. Advice?

Got this dracaena 2 years ago.

Year 1: lost a loooooot of leaves going from plant shop, to shipping, to not the best corner at my old apartment. The little one lost 1 out of 3 branches. I learned to water it less.

Year 2: got a pest (see older leaves). I eventually get rid of the tiny little bugs in between the leaves but the little ones suffered the most. Most of their leaves were gone. Due to lack of space, I had to keep it in the same bad-lit corner but once pest was gone, no more leaves were lost. Survived the winter quite well.

Now (see photos): at new apartment for a month now, placed next to the window (yes, I’m trying to overcompensate) and repotted it last week. Roots were coming through the bottom holes and soil was separating from the pot. The tall one has been EXTRA droopy, but little one has never looked so spiky. Before repotting every branch was droopy but no major yellowing nor pests.

My questions: will it be happy now placed next to the window? Are the droopy leaves normal? Is the little one actually thriving?? WHAT DOES THIS PLANT WANT FROM MEEEE?? 😭

*Context: Belgian weather lol

I just got this beauty last week. What kind of soil does it need? Anything specific like chunky aroid mix or just regular soil without amendments? I use happy frog as my base for everything so I have plenty of it.

The pot it says it's currently in is a 4.4" and the clear one I'm wanting to use is a 5". Will the clear pot be the right size? Idk if these pictures are helpful or not in determining if the size is good