Dracaena draco blooming first time

[Ron]

I just noticed that one of my Dragon trees is getting ready to bloom for the first time. What can I expect now? Will it start to form side branches? I was hoping this particular one would wait a couple more years because it is right next to a pathway and I didn't want the branches to obstruct.

[Ron]

I went down on the hillside and took a pic of it. I'm getting too old for this stuff. I'm going to kill myself one of these days...falling off an empty paint bucket or something and falling into a patch of cactus.

[Allen Repashy]

My limited experience and observation is that it will branch where it blooms. I have one that split four ways, the other six...... but the trunk below the split should continue to grow, so the split should raise up as the plant grows.

[Ron]

Thanks Allen, that's good to know. As long as I can get it up about a foot higher, it should be no problem.

[Shmuel]

Ron, what happened with your D Draco?

Those emerging flowers don't look like the clusters we get here. Maybe it is a Cordyline australis?

Here are the fruits of our local Dracaena draco.


Of course I could be mistaken...

All the best,

Shmuel

[Ron]

That particular D. draco is doing fine. I think it's going to have a slew of branches. It looks a littlre raggedy right now because the leaves on the main stem have been slowly dying off but each of the new branchlets are really taking off. I have another D. draco on the cul-de-sac that is about three feet taller than this one and I'm hoping it will bloom soon. I think they look a little ungainly if they get too tall.