Amazing specimen Dracaena Draco Dragon Tree at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.

Dracena Draco, commonly called the Dragon Tree is a slow growing beautiful specimum plant. They flower after seven to fifteen years and branch after that. Mine flowered after fifteen years, due to partially falling over and growing horizontally for a few years.

Here’s my Dracaena flowering, five years ago. Draco’s grow into large multi branched tree shape after 25-30 years.
Legend has it that virgin were sacrificed under them or women bled on them or something like that, you better double check as I can’t remember the details.
The roots and ringed truck …