The corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is a tropical African evergreen tree that grows fairly slowly from thick canes or stems that produce long, narrow leaves like stalks of corn. Corn plants make great ...

Corn plant, or cornstalk Dracaena, has the scientific name of Dracaena fragrans and is a beautiful plant. This past week a friend on Facebook had a picture of the plant in bloom; one of the readers ...

Patience is a virtue when it comes to planting corn. How so? The outcome of waiting until Mother Nature delivers warmer conditions – more heat units – are uniform stands and, ultimately, higher yields ...

A jasmine-like perfume may be wafting through South Florida neighborhoods this time of year as an escaped houseplant explodes with delicate white flowers on long droopy stalks. The fragrant dracaena ...

You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

QUESTION: We have a tropical corn plant, with three main stalks. We have had the plant for about six years, and it has doubled in height since we received it. In general, it has always seemed to be a ...