Wondering How Often Do Dracaena Bloom?

Dracaena Bloom

Dracaena is a beautiful plant. That’s why you can see it almost in every house. It can be either a shrub or a tree. I have had dracaena for like 9 years, but for the first 7 years it didn’t flower. For a long time I didn’t even know that it can bloom, but then I read in one of the encyclopedias that dracaena blooms two or even three times a year.


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What types of dracaena bloom:

Dracaena includes 113 species. In nature, in Africa and Asia, all dracaena varieties bloom, but only a few of them bloom in indoor conditions.

Dracaena Fragrans owes its name to its fragrant flowers. This variety blooms most often when kept as a houseplant. Sometimes, after flowering, the trunk branches in two. Dracaena grows up to 2 m, tolerates low temperatures, and is a rather unpretentious plant.

Dracaena Godseffiana grows as a bush, it has oval leaves with creamy splashes. The flowers are yellowish green and have a pleasant aroma.

Dracaena Deremensis grows up to one and a half meters. Red inflorescences exude a strong bad smell. For those who adores this beautiful plant, the consolation is that flowering is a rare phenomenon, perhaps because it grows very slowly. Surprisingly, but Dracaena Warneckii, a variety of Dracaena Deremensis, blooms very beautifully. It throws out long, fragrant, milky-white inflorescences.

Dracaena Marginata — the most common and tallest of all dracaena varieties. With the beautiful coloring of the foliage (green leaf with a purple border), the flowers of the plant are completely inconspicuous. The off-white buds give off a very concentrated, pungent odor.

!During flowering, you need to keep the flower away from children and not leave it in the room overnight. The unusual aroma makes you dizzy and can be dangerous for allergy sufferers.

So I decided to consult specialists, because I take really good care of it. I know that it doesn’t like the sun, so the evening sun is the maximum what it gets. Also I water it as much as it needs.

As I found out, it didn’t want to flower, because I removed the plant all the time. Also I changed its pot too often, so it was distressed. Since I stopped bothering it, it started blooming.

The question was how often do dracaena bloom. My plant flowers once a year, it’s quite normal, because indoors it usually doesn’t flower more than two times. I hope that your dracaena will flower soon too.

Trust me, it’s very impressive!

I’ve also bought a corn plant recently. The botanical name of this hardy dracaena is Dracaena fragrans “Massangeana”. It is a tree-like plant with sword-shaped leaves which is native to tropical Africa: Sudan, Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire and Angola.

In the middle of each leaf there is a broad yellow stripe (sometimes it can be creamy). It doesn’t normally flower indoors. The foliage is the real attraction of this specimen. In its native habitat, however, it blossoms occasionally.
The flowers have rather strong scent. The height of this cultivar can be up to 6 ft. Still, you can cut it at the top as soon as it reaches the suitable height.

Lower leaves will shed while it grows. There will be a bare stem with some leaves at the top. When I brought mine home, it dropped some leaves and I got really worried. But then a friend of mine told me that it was caused by the shock of being moved to a new place.

She assured me that it would take some time for the plant to adjust to a new environment.

She also informed me that this species should be kept away from drafts and direct sun. The latter one can scorch the foliage. It will grow best with the mix of sun and shade. The humidity should be average to moderate. The ideal temperatures are 60-75 F.

The cultivar will be able to put up with many abuses as long as it is not over-watered or over-fertilized. If the foliage turns yellow, it can indicate root rot. Thus, I picked the pot with a drainage hole and never let the plant sit in water.

I pruned it in spring. The cane can be cut off at any height. A new cluster of leaves will sprout from where the cane was cut.

As the specimen is quite a slow-growing one, it won’t probably need to be repotted more often than once in three years.

Repotting should be done in spring.

The cultivar can be used as a hedge plant but more frequently it is used as a houseplant. It pays off to keep this species as it removes a considerable amount of such indoor pollutants as formaldehyde, xylene and toluene.

Dracaena flowering conditions

For the dracaena to bloom, you need to keep tropical conditions for it. This includes three components:

  • Temperature (+25°С +30°С or 77°F 86°F)

  • Air humidity (about 65%)

  • Spaciousness (3 m height)

Achieving the African heat is quite simple: you should take the plant out to a sunny loggia for the entire summer period. But do not forget to protect the plant from direct sunlight.

Dracaena plants prefer frequent warm showers. On hot days, you can do this several times. For better moisture, it is recommended to place the flower pot in a wide tray filled with expanded clay or pebbles.

In small stuffy rooms, the plant will have no desire to bloom. High ceilings and a spacious pot will give an incentive for flowering.

! You may not create conditions for flowering for dracaena Marginata because of the bad smell of the plant flowers. It’s better to enjoy the contemplation of beautiful, healthy foliage.

Dracaena Fragrans can bloom in two types of flowers: white or small light green flowers. It is impossible to miss this event. With the onset of dusk, a fragrant bouquet of all kinds of smells begins to spread, it is the aroma of jasmine, lilac, honey and freshly cut grass. At dawn, the flowers fall, the aroma disappears and the holiday ends. It happens every evening for a month.

In tropical forests, the dracaena tree attracts insects and hummingbirds with its frantic scent. They fly in to feast on sweet syrup, huge drops of which run down the trunk and leaves.

How often to water dracaena during flowering

Many people think that dracaena is a palm tree. In fact, this is a perennial shrub, albeit evergreen, but not blooming enough, loving abundant watering.

Water your dracaena during flowering as on normal days. Given that the flowering period occurs at the end of summer, it is worth carefully monitoring the soil moisture. In dry hot weather, frequent watering is required for dracaena, without drying out the soil mix. With an excess of moisture, the leaves cover with brown spots, they curl and turn yellow. From a lack of watering, the tips and edges of the leaves become dry, turn yellow and fall off.

!During watering, do not leave water on the leaves, so as not to provoke a burn.

The health of the dracaena and the possibility of flowering depend on the quality of the water. Untreated water often contains chemical impurities, especially fluoride. This leads to diseases such as chlorosis and necrosis. Therefore, use for watering filtered water, adding charcoal.

Other tips on flowering dracaena care

Dracaena is the most unpretentious plant. Caring for it is not difficult and does not take much time. Here are the highlights:

  • Constantly spray the plant with water at room temperature

  • Arrange a shower

  • Protect from drafts

  • Ventilate regularly

! Instead of spraying, it is enough to wipe the leaves daily with sponge. This will help prevent the plant from pests.


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