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    A gardener’s MISCELLANY

    Oct 11, 2022 4 minutes

    This week it’s: Cordylines and dracaenas

    Exotic-looking plants from the asparagus family

    CORDYLINES are popular garden plants in the UK. Arguably, 15-20 years ago they were even more popular, because at that time the trend for exotic gardens was at its highest – and these are truly exotic-looking plants, with their spiky, palm-like leaves and often highly fragrant flowers. The cordyline genus is quite small, with around 15 species found naturally in Australasia, and one, in tropical America. All are evergreen.

    Then there are the dracaenas, or dragon trees. There are more than 100 species of these, mostly native to Africa and the Canary Islands. Until midway through the last century, many of the

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