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Dracaena marginata 'Bicolor' (Madagascar dragon tree 'Bicolor')

Other names: Dracaena 'Bicolor'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Bicolor' is a tender, erect, slow-growing, palm-like shrub or small tree, branching with age, bearing linear to lance-shaped, green and cream-striped leaves with red margins.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
4 m 2 m 10-20 years
13 ft 6 ft 10-20 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Loamy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Grow under glass or indoors in loam-based compost in full light with shade from hot sun and moderate humidity. Water freely and feed monthly from spring to autumn. Top dress or pot on in spring. In frost-free areas, grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun.

Suggested uses

Architectural, Mediterranean, Sub-Tropical, Greenhouse, Indoor, Conservatory, Foliage only

UK hardiness

H1b

USDA zones

Zone 10, Zone 11, Zone 12

Sunset zone

21, 23, 24, H2

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Inappropriate
Central Valley = Inappropriate
South Coastal = Moderate/Medium
South Inland = Inappropriate
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Evergreen

Habit

Single stemmed palm, cycad or tree, Spiky

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

If growth is weak, plants can be cut back to within 15cm of the base in spring. Otherwise, requires little to no pruning.

Propagation

Remove whole tops and root with bottom heat. Root leafless stem sections with bottom heat.

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite

Scale insects

Thrips

Diseases

Take softwood cuttings

Cut back hard if becoming untidy through summer (optional)

Remove dying leaves individually by pulling downwards in autumn

Fertilise with balanced liquid feed

Keep frost tender inside over winter

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Dracaena

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