Tales from the Garden: Corn Plant (Dracaena)

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Trimming -- Update

Here is an update to the status of the corn plants that I trimmed last fall.

First, I'll start with the mother plant which grew too tall last fall and I had to cut her down to size. Here's her progression through September of this year.

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - shortly after trimming last fall

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - winter 2010

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - late winter early spring 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - mid spring 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - late spring 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Fall 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Fall 2011 - top view

When I trimmed the plant I actually cut a section out of the plant; the top cutting died (see below) but the midsection is doing great.

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - mid spring 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Fall 2011

Now for the very top part of the plant that I cutoff. The top part actually died, leaving just a section of root which a new shoot branched out of. Here's the rebirth of the top section of the plant.

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Early spring 2011

Corn Plant (Dracaena) - Fall 2011

Then, there was a top section of the plant that actually fell off of the plant a week or so before I trimmed the plant. Here's how it is doing. Oddly enough the part that fell off flowered last fall.