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Dracaena draco - Dragon Tree
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Category : Tree
Family : Rubiaceae (Madders)
Origin : Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean)
Flower Color : Green Blue
Bloomtime : Spring/Summer
Evergreen : Yes
Tolerates Seaside Conditions : Yes
Tolerates Drought : Yes
Resistant to Deer Predation : Yes
Height : 8-12 feet
Width : 6-12 feet
Exposure : Full Sun
Irrigation Req. : Low Water Needs
 
 
Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands Dragon Tree or Drago is a subtropical Dragon Tree native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Azores, and locally in western Morocco. The tree is characterised by a single or multiple trunk growing up to 12 m tall (rarely more), with a dense umbrella-shaped canopy of thick leaves. It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1 m tall. Young trees remain with only a single stem; branching occurs when the tree flowers, when two side shoots at the base of the flower panicle continue the growth as a fork in the stem. Being monocotyledonous, Dracaena draco does not display annual rings and age can only be estimated by the number of branch forking occurrences (indicating the number of flowering episodes) and measuring the frequency of flowering (less than annual). Some specimens are believed to be up to 650 years old; the oldest is growing at Icod de los Vinos in northwest Tenerife.