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Your plant is a Dracaena Marginata Tricolor. This is what it will look like as it gets larger.
Dracaena Marginata Tricolor
Here are some plant care tips for a dracaena marginata tricolor.
Light: Dracaena marginata tricolor plants need medium light to maintain their colorful leaves. Direct sun burns the leaves.
Water: Over- watering causes root-rot and is the main reason marginata plants die. Water well and do not water again until the top 50% of the soil is dry. Brown tips on a dracaena marginata indicate over-watering or too much fluoride or salt in the water. Numerous yellow leaves at the bottom of the plants means the plant needs more water.
Fertilizer: A dracaena marginata tricolor is a slow-growing plant that does not need much
fertilizer. Feed a once a month in the spring and summer with a water-soluble well-balanced plant food diluted to 1/2 the recommended strength.
Temperature: Prefer temperatures between 70°F-80°F ( 21.1°C-26.7°C)
Humidity: Basic household humidity
Pests: Dracaena marginata plants are very susceptible to
spider mites, especially when temperatures are warm and the air is very dry. These pests are difficult to see until they have damaged the plant.
Mealy Bugs are another pest problem; they leave small, sticky, cottony deposits that are easy to see,
Soil: Use a loose fast-draining soil. Marginata plants, imported from Hawaii, often arrive growing in soil full of lava rock. Remove at least 1/3 of the lava rock nd replace with good potting soil.
Pot Size: Dracaenas like to be root-bound in very small pots so don’t be in a rush to re-pot.
Pruning: If the canes become long and bare, cut the cane back to where you would like to encourage new growth. Several new stems emerge below the cut in the stem and the dracaena marginata looks even more interesting.
propagation: Dracaena marginatas are propagated using stem cuttings.
Poisonous Plant Info: A dracaena marginata is a
poisonous houseplant with a #2 toxicity
level.
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