What is it?

Please what kind is it? Is it worth saving. Someone threw it away and I retreived it. Thanks for any input. What is the best way to help it.

Well, the picture's kinda blurry and I'm new to this, but it kinda looks like a dracaena....kinda like the one they call a corn plant. Hopefully someone come's along who can id it for sure.

Yes, it is a Dracaena. I will find the information for you and be right back and post it here!

I think you have the Dracaena 'Janet Craig'. Here's the link to Plant Files with information for your plant: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56851/ Your plant looks to be suffering a bit. The crispy brown edges on the foliage is probably from lack of humidity. You can fill a spray bottle with water and mist it every day to help raise the humidity.

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trim off the damaged part of the leaves with scissors, remove any really terrible leaves completely. give it a dose of fertiliser and water as needed.....let soil dry out between waterings. Should revive. I suspect the main problem has been over watering. Aloha

I agree with Stellamarina. Looking more closely at your photo, I think the yellowing of the leaves is from over watering. It also looks like two plants in one small pot. I think I would repot one of them into another pot, or if you want to keep them both together, pot them up in a pot one size larger than they are in now.

Thank you so much for the information. I watered the plant today, it was very dry.
If I put the plant near my 40 gallon fish tank would that help it have enough moisture?
Since I watered it to day how long should I wait? This is after I trimmed the leaves

I keep mine on the dry side and only water every week and a half.

You can test to see if your plant needs water by sticking your finger about an inch down into the soil. If it feels damp, it does not need water. If dry, water until the water runs through the bottom of the pot and empty out any remaining water sitting in the saucer.

I also recommend a light, well draining soil. When I buy plants I always repot and with fresh potting soil and I mix a lot of perlite in so it will give it good drainage.


Here's a photo of my Dracaena Janet Craig. It is right next to our aquarium, but I don't know if the location helps with humidity since the tank is enclosed. I use a spray bottle of water and mist mine a couple of times a week if I remember. I have some brown leaf tips that I just noticed when I went to take this photo. Another way of raising the humidity for plants is to have an outer container that doesn't have a drainage hole and put pebbles in the bottom with a little water. Sit the potted plant on top of the pebbles. Just make sure you don't have the water level above the pebbles as you don't want the plant soaking up a lot of water or you will end up with root rot.