Hi Brady,

Leaf tips and edges of a dracaena turn brown, or “leaf tip burn” as this condition is sometimes called, is usually caused by too much chlorine, fluoride, salt, or plant food. Never use water that has passed through a softener on houseplants, it has much too  much salt in it. Dracaenas are very sensitive to chlorine and especially fluorine. If your household water contain a great deal allow it sit out over night before using it. You can also use rain water or distilled water. Feed a dracaena monthly in the spring and summer, and always dilute your plant food to 1/2 the recommended strength. Dracaenas are low lightWhen you select “Low Light” a list of the most adaptive plants in our database appears. These plants can live in lighting conditions too low to support any other plants in our database, but will grow faster in medium and high light. Variegation (color) in the leaves is often lost in low light. A plant in low light needs less water and fertilizer than the same plant in better light. Place a low-light plant within 2-3 ft. of a window with a northern exposure, 3-5 ft. of a window with an eastern exposure, 4-10 ft. of a window with a western exposure, and 10-18ft. of a window with a southern exposure. A low light area has between 50-150 ft. candles of light. The best low light house plants are: Chinese Evergreen, Dracaena Janet Craig, Peace Lily, Heart leaf Philodendron. plants that get bleached and damaged if any direct sun hits the leaves. So if it were my plant I’d move it further from the window perhaps into a corner protected from the sun. You can read all my care tips on how to grow a dracaena in the Popular Houseplant section of the website.