Canary Islands Dragon Tree (Dracaena Draco) - 5 seeds

CANARY ISLANDS DRAGON TREE

 Dracaena Draco

A sub-tropical tree-like plant native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Morocco.  When young, it has a single stem.  At 10-15 years of age, the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike with white, lily-like perfumed flowers, followed by coral berries.  Soon a crown of terminal buds appears and the plant starts branching. Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit. It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2m in height but can grow much faster

Sowing : Sow seeds in summer.  Seeds with hard outer coats require scarification to germinate.  Using a nail clippers, chip away a small section of the seed coat.  Don’t cut too deeply, just enough to allow moisture to reach the embryo.The planting medium provides the moisture that the seed’s embryo requires to germinate. Choose a soilless medium such as sand or peat moss and moisten it thoroughly. When it’s dried to barely moist, fill up a planting container and lay the seed on the surface of the medium. DracaenaDraco seeds require light to germinate so barely cover it with sand. This top layer, although thin, prevents the top of the seed from drying. Spritz it often with water from spray bottle.  The tree’s seeds, then, require warm, moist soil to germinate.  Once the seed sprouts, give it lots of direct sun and continue to keep the soil moist. 

Locality : Ex Hort. Date of harvest : January 2017

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