Name: Ceramic Oval Pot Mustard Yellow with Exotic Draceana Compacta
Brand: Mashrita Nature Cloud
SKU: 21629
Price: 949 INR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

Draceana Introduction

Get the hardiest air purifier plant today

Plants genus dracaena categorized under asparagaceae plants family with more than 120 species of trees and shrubs. Word dracaena is a derived from Greek word drakaina which refers to female dragon. Plants have several wonderful, elegant, adaptable and popular houseplants including lucky bamboo and songs of India. Dracaenas are attractive, varied, tough, drought tolerant, low maintenance and hard to kill houseplants with colorful foliage. Below are the specifications of offered plant:

Location: Indoor, Shade
Light: Shade, artificial light
Watering: Less frequent
Temperature: 16 to 32 degree celsius

Dracaenas are perfect houseplants which survive in adverse conditions for a plant, these are adaptable to low or artificial light, human livable temperature range and low humidity at ease, most of plants under the genre are care free about the potting medium as these can be grown in water, coco-peat or soil without hassle. If you are looking for an indoor plant, you should give a try to Aglaonema, Peace Lilies, Dracaenas or Philodendrons, these will not disappoint or need much of your attention to bring tropical look and clean harmful pollutants from the indoors air.

Dracaenas vary in shapes, shades, height and sizes, these can suite to most types of landscape or interior design. Dracaenas were part of NASA clean air study and found to be an effective air purifier plants which remove most of common indoor air pollutants like benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene.

We have tested its different varieties by placing them at living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, thick shades at Delhi weather conditions for more than couple of years and it works. The plant does not require to be fed or watered frequently, watering it once in a month and a spoon of fertilizer every spring in the indoor conditions, makes it more than happy.

Go ahead and buy the plant online or by visiting our offline store for more exclusive collections, the plant tolerates ignoring nature, adds exotic elegance to the interiors design, improves air quality, helps to fight sick building syndrome and last but not least helps to bring good luck.

WHAT TO DO?

Every plant has different type of light, feed and water requirements.
Most of the plants like moderate watering, let the couple of inch at surface dry before watering again.
Some plants require frequent feeding but most, once in a year, feed the plant at beginning of spring.
Repot the plant every couple of years in slightly bigger container.

WHAT NOT TO DO?

Avoid frequent watering in winters, it will kill the plant.
Avoid temperature shocks like taking it suddenly indoors or outdoors.
Avoid partial watering and use water sprayers to water equally in all directions.
Avoid repotting plants in large containers, most of the plants likes to be in groups.
Avoid over fertilizing, quantity depends on NPK ingredients but plants do need not more than a spoon.

COMMON UNDERSTANDING

Plants are living creatures require a little sensitivity towards them, following common instructions are helpful for keeping them happy:

Dig around the root zone with your fingers to a depth of 2-3' for small plants and water generously when the soil feels dry to the touch.
Use a balanced fertilizer i.e., 10-10-10, 14-14-14 (Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K)) food with micro-nutrients.
Be observant of the changes in plant vigor and growth, plants are more susceptible to disease and pests if they are weakened through poor maintenance.
It is good to make it a practice to inspect plants progress so you can spot systems of disease or insect infestations well in advance of any serious problem.
Pruning is required at times for plant health and aesthetics, as a general note remove the damaged leaves and branches as soon as those are noticed to avoid infections.