As always unusual for my country. I do not cease to wonder what kind of plants there are on our planet. The slowly growing, award-winning Dracaena dragon (the Tree of Dragons) is an evergreen tree with attractive hefty limbs and stiff but flexible leaves. A weakly branched, thick, swollen, cylindrical chest empties into thick, upright arms with sword-shaped rosettes, blue-green leaves up to 2 feet long (60 cm) long. Originally smooth and gray, the bark becomes scaly with horizontal red strips, a reminder that this tree is bleeding crimson juice when the bark is cut or bruised. Draped into the blood of dragons, (Drakena means the dragon of ancient Greek), this juice is used as a varnish for violin and other small wood. This very decorative tree does not begin to branch until it first blossoms, as a rule, after several decades of growth. The dragon tree is very long, and some specimens on the Canary Islands say they are more than a thousand years old.The dragon tree is very long, and some specimens on the Canary Islands say they are more than a thousand years old.
