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The corn plant or Dracaena fragrans is an oldie but goodie in the houseplant industry. Europeans have been using them as indoor plants since the mid-1800s and they’ve been popular in the United States since the early twentieth century. Corn plants are grown as thick canes that sprout from buds along the cane, achieving a “false palm” effect they’re sometimes called false palms. They make good houseplants because they are tall and narrow, with controlled growth, and can withstand a fairly significant amount of abuse from casual indoor gardeners. Corn Plant is a garden plant, that resembles a corn stalk inhabit. It is native to West Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. Corn Plant has rosettes of glossy, green leaves, broadly striped and banded with light green and yellow down the center. It is a sl