dragon tree
Dracaena draco latin

The oldest dragon tree in the gardens is about 300 years old.

The dragon tree pounced on the frigid snake, but found only ice.

It is possible to grow coffee, vineyards, tropical fruits and dragon trees in some of them.

Dragon's blood trees are a distinctive and slow-growing species of dragon tree native to...

The half-grown dragon tree snapped at it.

P. kely is found on dragon trees.

The path crosses a stone bridge, and another trail, barely discernible, leads off to the right, dropping into a grove of dragon trees.

Behind Eve rabbits, symbolising fecundity, play in the grass, and a dragon tree opposite is thought to represent eternal life.

Opposite the bank one of the rare dragon trees (Dracaena draco) can be seen.

It typically inhabits dragon trees.

In nearby Icod, the equally elegant but smaller centre is home to the world's oldest dragon tree, thought to be around 800 years old.

The sculpture at Hunts Point is called "Dragon Tree of Maintenance."

Just like the dragon tree on Tenerife, the age of the saman in Venezuela is rather indeterminate.

"The Dragon Tree"

"There's a dragon tree!"

Though the dragon tree is commonly cultivated as a houseplant and garden specimen, there are very few naturally-occurring individuals remaining in its narrow ecological range.

Cova Rodela, a village in the mountains with an impressive dragon tree in its main street.

Endemic flora includes a dragon tree (Dracaena ombet).

I have a 9 foot Dragon tree in my stairwell that (due to it's spidery appearance) I call Boris.

Paulownia fortunei - Dragon tree.

Vegetation is mostly confined to drought-resistant plants such as small trees (e.g. species of the dragon tree), shrubs, and grasses.

Dracaena aletriformis is commonly known as the Large-leaved Dragon Tree.

In Main Street there is a noteworthy old dragon tree belonging to the rare species dracaena draco.

They are usually classified into Dragon trees and shrubby dracenas according to how they grow; the latter are also often grown as house plants.

The Large-leaved Dragon Tree (Dracaena aletriformis) is also found here.

Opposite the bank one of the rare dragon trees (Dracaena draco) can be seen.

Dracaena draco in Morocco (photo gallery).

In Main Street there is a noteworthy old dragon tree belonging to the rare species dracaena draco.

Dragon tree (Dracaena draco subsp.

Arkive: Dracaena draco factsheet.

Dracaena draco is cultivated and widely available as an ornamental tree for parks, gardens, and drought tolerant water conserving sustainable landscape projects.

Dracaena draco (L.) L.

Not to be confused with Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree, also found in nearby islands and western Morocco.

Various species of bamboo grow nearby and directly behind here, atop a small artificial hill, there is a healthy specimen of the drago tree (Dracaena draco).

Dracaena draco is a monocot with a tree-like growth habit currently placed in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoidae).

Dracaena draco, also known as the dragon tree, is a vulnerable plant endemic to the arid, rocky mountain ranges of the Canary Islands, Madeira, and Cape Verde.

The dark red sap of Dracaena draco was regarded for centuries in European legends as "the blood of dragons", and was often used for its supposed magical and medicinal qualities.

Over 2,700 plant varieties occur on the island, including exotic flowers and trees such as Alsophila spinulosa and Dracaena draco, thought to be the oldest plant species in the world.

The official symbols from nature associated with Tenerife are the bird Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) and the Canary Islands dragon tree (Dracaena draco) tree.

Voyagers to the Canary Islands in the 15th century obtained dragon's blood as dried garnet-red drops from Dracaena draco, a tree native to the Canary Islands and Morocco.

Dragon's blood of both Dracaena draco (commonly referred to as the Draconis Palm) and Dracaena cinnabari were used as a source of varnish for 18th century Italian violinmakers.

There are many Canary Islands Date Palms, Phoenix canariensis and other native species such as dragon trees (Dracaena draco), Pancratium canariensis and Apollonias barbujana.

Dracaena draco (Canary Islands Dragon Tree), a subtropical Dragon Tree native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Azores, and locally in western Morocco.

The climate requirements for Dracaena draco defined by its borders: Northernmost tree in the world, near 40 , northern Azores Islands and Southernmost dragon tree in the world, near 38 , Victoria, Australia (photos).

Several trees are indigenous such as the blue-green flat-topped dragon tree Dracaena draco, Tamarix, Phoenix atlantica (tamateira), in the lagoons and deserts of Boavista, the ironwood tree and a species of fig tree and acacia.

Tropical and subtropical plants - Cajanus cajan, Cucurbita foetidissima, Dracaena draco, Erythrina crista-galli, Feijoa sellowiana, Persea americana, Plumeria alba, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, and Tamarillo.

Humboldt mentioned the tree was reported to have changed little since the Spanish colonization of Venezuela; he estimated it to be as old as the famous Canary Islands dragon tree (Dracaena draco) of Icod de los Vinos on Tenerife.