Re: Dracena draco

--- Tim Longville <tim@eddy.u-net.com> wrote:
> I'll second Margaret's praise - and questions,
> particularly the
> second:
> 
> >And why didn't our predecessors in our gardens
> plant the Dracaena
> >draco.......now there's a magic plant! Does anyone
> know if it will be
> >wintersafe in a very wet and mildly frosty
> environment.
> 
> I've got some plants of a size suitable for planting
> out but don't
> dare... I strongly suspect we shall be told that
> 'very wet and mildly
> frosty' is *not* good news as far as dracaenas are
> concerned... but if
> anyone *could* encourage us, would be deeply
> grateful. And would at
> least *try* to be grateful for being told what I
> guess is going to be
> the less-than-encouraging truth...
> 
> Tim

Tim,

Dracena draco does very well in less winter wet,
coastal southern California, but does not like our
wetter winters here in northern California.  Some
people do manage to get it to grow here, but only with
very careful siting to give it "dry feet", and with
protection from temperatures much below 28/29F.  As it
wants to be a tree, getting it to a mature size in
your climate,(or mine), may be an exercise in
futility.  Although having said that, Ruth Bancroft of
the Bancroft garden here in Walnut Creek grows a
tremendous amount of tender, winter wet intolerant
species, and does so by covering them with giant
boxes, (some over 12' tall by wide), over the worst of
the winter, to protect from both frost and too much
rain.  This is one way to grow the plants, but it does
tend to make the garden a little less beautiful in the
winter...

Regards,
David Feix
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Longville
> 


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