This shrub has an upright habit with wiry branched stems that form a rounded open habit. It has dark green elliptical leaves that are mottled in white and the small whitish flowers appear in a cluster during summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Dracaena surculosais naturally found in tropical Africa growing as an understorey plant in rainforests. It grows in moist sandy soils with high organic content and prefers a humid shaded to semi-shaded position with wind, frost and drought protection.

The Gold Dust Plant is an attractive foliage shrub that is grown in small or tropical shaded gardens for its colour. It is also planted around a water feature and grown as a potted plant. In cold climates it is used as an indoor specimen and establishes from cuttings in 2 to 4 years.ID 1329

Dracaena(dra-SEEN-a) surculosa(sur-kew-LÔ-sa)

Agavaceae (ah-gav-AY-see-ee)