Indoors
Dragon tree
Dracaena marginata
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The dragon tree comes from Madagascar. It has narrow, red-edged leaves on slender stems and in time becomes a small tree. It copes with dry air and forgotten waterings, but too much water harms it.
Dragon tree and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- saponins: vomiting (sometimes with blood), depression, no appetite, drooling; dilated pupils in cats
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
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Care
- Watering
- about every 9 days in summer (April to September), every 16 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 15–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 3 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Better too dry than too wet. Brown leaf tips usually mean dry air or hard water.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.