Dracaena

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Dracaena (Dracaena spp.) for Planting from Guatemala

January 7, 2022 USDA APHIS

The Government of Guatemala has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of dracaena (Dracaena spp.) for planting into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. …

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Propagative Plants of Dracaena spp. from Costa Rica

November 12, 2019 USDA APHIS

The government of Costa Rica has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Dracaena spp. plants in growing media for propagation into the Continental United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that lists potential pests likely to remain on the commodity upon importation if no mitigations are applied. …

Costa Farms’ Dracaena ‘White Aspen’ Chosen Best New Plant at TPIE 2019

February 5, 2019 Costa Farms

multitude of new plants are presented every year at the Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition (TPIE) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year Dracaena ‘White Aspen’ from Costa Farms was crowned best new plant. …