Dracaena. Because they are tough as nails. Thus they’re planted by non plant tending people, and they get bigger and uglier and gnarlier the longer they suffer through their neglected existence.
ElectricGeetar
You can cut them down to nothing and it’ll bounce back bushier and less bloody ugly. Rinse & repeat every two years at the start of spring
Lit_Up_Literacy
Cordyline rubra – heat reflecting off the fence cooking it would be my guess.
Supposed to be OK in full sun. Ours only stopped looking like a crunchy pipe cleaner when it became partially shaded by other plants.
Also SEQ.
sindhusurfer
Are you all sure that it’s a Dracaena? It looks like a Cordyline to me.
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Dracaena. Because they are tough as nails. Thus they’re planted by non plant tending people, and they get bigger and uglier and gnarlier the longer they suffer through their neglected existence.
You can cut them down to nothing and it’ll bounce back bushier and less bloody ugly. Rinse & repeat every two years at the start of spring
Cordyline rubra – heat reflecting off the fence cooking it would be my guess.
Supposed to be OK in full sun. Ours only stopped looking like a crunchy pipe cleaner when it became partially shaded by other plants.
Also SEQ.
Are you all sure that it’s a Dracaena?
It looks like a Cordyline to me.