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can someone please help me????????
I bought a small plant at a greenhouse and don't know how to care for it.
it has spikey leaves the are green on the inside and purple on the outside
and it grows upward like a cone.i would appreciate any helpin caring for this
plant.thank you K8tybrat

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k8tybrat wrote:
can someone please help me????????
I bought a small plant at a greenhouse and don't know how to care for it.
it has spikey leaves the are green on the inside and purple on the outside
and it grows upward like a cone.i would appreciate any helpin caring for this
plant.thank you K8tybrat

It sounds like a Dracaena marginata. Check this out:
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week215.shtml

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k8tybrat wrote:
can someone please help me????????
I bought a small plant at a greenhouse and don't know how to care for
it. it has spikey leaves the are green on the inside and purple on
the outside and it grows upward like a cone.i would appreciate any
helpin caring for this plant.thank you K8tybrat

It sounds like a Dracaena marginata. Check this out:
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week215.shtml

helco


My guess is Purple Passion Plant:
http://www.tropiflora.com/creport/cr...mages/2887.jpg

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