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Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Indoor Plants
Song of India
Dracaena reflexa ‘Variegata’
Song of India carries short, pointed leaves in dense whorls up sinuous stems, each leaf edged in a broad band of cream-yellow. Older plants develop genuinely characterful curved trunks that no two of are alike.
It is a good middle-ground plant: more interesting than a rubber plant, considerably easier than a calathea, and happy in the medium light most Pakistani living rooms actually have.
- Cream-edged leaves in dense whorls up a sculptural stem
- Tolerates the medium light most living rooms actually provide
- Older plants develop characterful curved trunks
Rs 2,150for the 12 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Replaced or refunded if damaged
Grown by us
Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 1–2 m indoors
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
Bright indirect lightMedium lightFloor plantAir purifying
How to look after your Song of India
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light, though variegated forms lose contrast in shade.
- Water
- When the top 5 cm is dry, roughly every 10–14 days. Sensitive to fluoride — filtered or rested water is better.
- Humidity
- Moderate. Appreciates a boost in dry winter air.
- Soil
- Well-draining potting mix with perlite.
- Feeding
- Monthly at half strength, spring through summer.
- Temperature
- 18–30°C. Keep above 13°C.
If something goes wrong
Brown tips with a yellow halo
Why it happens: Fluoride or salts in tap water.
What to do: Use filtered water and flush the pot thoroughly every few months.
Bare, leggy stem
Why it happens: Natural habit with age, accelerated by low light.
What to do: Cut the cane back — it reshoots below the cut, and the removed top roots easily in water.
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