Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Does anyone know this plant please? 15Jan 02, 2010 2:09 pm Wow Kk, its massive...Looks very grand and good shot of DS for height comparison. I am thinking it looks a bit different to the thick long stemmed tree I posted the pic of though. Yours looks like the stems shoot off from the base. I am not much of a green thumb as I may have mentioned before but does this mean its a different variety or just the way you prune it when its young Thanks for the pic and the offer from your mum by the way Re: Does anyone know this plant please? 16Jan 02, 2010 2:23 pm It's a different plant - I'm thinking Dracaena Marginata ...or something similar anyway. It's still a pretty spectacular specimen, obviously loves the spot it's in. The Dragon's Blood tree is Dracaena Draco - "Draco" being Latin for "dragon", as all Harry Potter fans would know... The name comes from the red resin it produces, which among other things, was used to make violin varnish in the 18th century. That's your history lesson for today. Re: Does anyone know this plant please? 17Jan 02, 2010 2:36 pm Thankyou kek, so if I go for this tree I can varnish my timber decking aswell.....sounds like a good tree to have in the deck. Re: Does anyone know this plant please? 18Jan 04, 2010 8:26 am Re: Does anyone know this plant please? 20Jan 05, 2010 8:21 pm For anyone reviewing this thread in time to come, there are a few plant types you can choose to get the same look. The Dracaena Draco is the first. Dracaena Marginata will also do this. Yucca elephantepes and the pony tail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) will too I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 37045 The most definitive answer to your question James is this taken from the James Hardie Axon Cladding Installation Guide - i just happen to have it… 5 3773 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12881 |