Time-lapse Dracaena Fragrans blooming

[@dazypo]

Mine is 45 years old. It has been periodically pruned down and springs back nicely, if you find yours getting too large for comfort. When they flower it is truly a gift.

[@kennethashland1464]

I rescued mine from a curbside 3 years ago and it thanked me by flowering for the 1st time last year and it's flowering again as I write but unlike the previous poster, my Dracaena left the most pleasant fragrant smell throughout my apartment and my building (3 story brownstone) and I also see a tiny new plant popping up from the soil. What a rewarding experience

[@cro966]

It's great! My also is 23 years old but still without the flowers =)

[@patkriemelmeyer1211]

Mine is also over 20 years old. We call it the jungle it is so huge. It also bloomed recently and the smell was amazing

[@das1418]

If yours isn't flowering, I don't know where you live but during the fall time (around middle- late fall) expose your plant to the cooler temps during the daytime for a few weeks time. Make sure the temps do not go below about 50 degrees F. After the plant has adjusted to the temps allow the plant to stay outside at night for a few weeks time. This should make your Dracaena start to flower. Also make sure it is being fertilized properly too! :)

[@moumitaskitchenandgardenin3777]

Is this irregular flower giving plant like snake plant..?

[@alexdawson1450]

Mine is only 3 or 4 years old but pretty big and seemingly very happy at it has just bloomed for the first time. It's a pretty powerful fragrance, does anyone know how long the flowering lasts?

[@andreareindl8242]

Mine bloomed 2 years in a row, did not this year, and now the trunk just snapped in half. It was 9 feet tall. But at least it left a couple of baby shoots.

[@TheGymnastic101]

H Roth just cut it down to around 1 foot or so, cut the top of the stem off and put it in a vase, then cut the bare stem into 2 inch pieces, and put each plant each piece either upright (The way that it was originally growing), or lay them horizontally in soil. cover to keep humidity.

[@cro966]

I fertalize it on a regular base but I live in an apartament so I can't move it outside or anywhere. It's growing like crazy and i don't know what will I do in a year or so because it will hit the ceiling

[@realrockergirl]

Mine is blooming for the second time right now. It's 29 years old and it bloomed for the first time only a few years ago. And the strangest thing was that every corn plant I saw in every store or restaurant at that same time was also blooming! It's like they all got the same memo. :D And the flowers on the one in our house really stank awfully! Yuck! Can I cut off the flowers before they bloom and stink up the house without harming the whole plant? Does anyone know the answer?