Question
I have a dracena. Not sure if its the reflexa or marginata, but it si about 6 ft. tall or taller (reaches the ceiling and seems to keep growing. The branches are long and leaves start about mid-way, but most of them are at the top (green and pretty). Is it any way that I can cut the branches to make it shorter without ruining my plant?

Answer
So your Dracaena is as high as an elephant's eye?  (Sorry - couldn't resist...)

D. fragrans and D. marginata -- both trees that will grow way too tall for indoors if you keep them long enough.  D. marginata is the shorter of the pair, hitting 15 feet at maturity.

What to do?

See the section on 'Cane Cuttings' at the University of Georgia Extension website:

http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/L290-w.htm

'Leafless stem sections, usually two to three inches long, are cut from older stems and inserted into the medium either vertically or horizontally... Each section must contain at least one node. The sections will eventually root and produce a shoot.'

It takes patience, they warn -- 'several weeks or months' -- during which time the original tall plant can be expected to sprout new leaves and stems.  Voila!  New Dracaenas, just in time for Christmas.

Their tips for success:  sharp instruments for taking the cuttings and rooting hormone; a sterile growing medium instead of straight water ('Water rooted cuttings are generally weak and brittle and do poorly under transplanting'); vigilance about drainage; temps around 60 degrees F with warmth provided by a heating cable or mat, and high humidity.

They prefer 'sand, vermiculite, perlite and combinations of these materials with moist peat moss or sphagnum moss' as a rooting medium.

With patience, you can turn your towering tree into a flock of manageable potted plants for the living room or windowsill.  It's a scary procedure -- first times are like that -- but thanks to the ease of growing Dracaenas, I think you'll find it is in fact a piece of cake.