Re: Dracena draco
- To: d*@marmot.net, medit-plants
- Subject: Re: Dracena draco
- From: J* D*
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:23 -0800 (PST)
The trees you mention in Daly City and Pacifica,
California are Cordyline australis, not Dracaena
draco. There are a small number of D. draco growing in
the area, but they are far outnumbered by the
ubiquitous Cordyline australis, one in virtually every
front yard of those postwar subdivisions.
-Jason
--- Dan M <danm@marmot.net> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I think I'm going to have to disagree there. In
> Daly City and Pacifica,
> California, not two miles from the ocean, there are
> quite a few Dracena
> draco trees , most often in front of older homes in
> lawns and parkway
> strips.
>
> Climate-wise, it never gets very warm or cold there;
> never much below
> freezing in winter, and it's in the fog belt in
> summer with temperatures
> typically about 15 to 18C. September's the only
> month where you can really
> get days over 20C, and even then it's iffy.
> Definitely not dry feet there
> either, it's a place known for moss on the sidewalks
> and patios.
>
> Judging by the size of the 'trees', which is fairly
> uniform and somewhat
> large (4m tall or so with branching), I'd guess that
> many were planted in
> the immediate post-war housing boom, and are 50
> years old or so.
>
> Guess it was a nursery trend there for a bit,
> though, as I've never seen the
> plants offered in Northern California garden
> centers.
>
> Dan
> San Jose, CA
>
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