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Just bought 4 of these plants. The card says "Cordyline" 24" to 36".

I think it is probably a Dracena which here in Hawai`i can grow into a tree.

Anyone know anything about them?

They are grown by a company called Fernlea w/a web site www.fernlea.com. Emailed them but no answer to my questions yet.

Wai`anae Steve

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

Its a cultivar of Cordyline australis. There are several with red or purple leaves. They can get 10-15ft tall. They prefer Mediterranean type climates and grow poorly in FL. They don't like our hot nights and humidity.

We do have a 'Purpurea' that has grown happily for several years.

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

Posted

I bought a one gallon Cordyline "Red Star" last year in the Fall from Home Depot. It was cheap and looked interesting so I thought I 'd try it. I have seen the Cordyline australis in habitat, and although just green, they do get pretty big and impressive looking.

Right after I bought it, there was a discussion of these on this forum. Everyone pretty much agreed they would not do well in SoFla. Fall in Floriduh can still be pretty hot, but the Sun was getting lower in the sky every day and there was a picket fence just to the south side of the Red Star to give it an effective 50% shade (or better). It grew well, if slowly, through the Fall and Winter. As things got hotter, Spring comes around and the Sun is higher in the sky, I was expecting the Red Star to start to wilt. It didn't. Now, at the end of May, the plant is getting full sun and the color looks a tad washed out, but otherwise it is growing and still holding in there. Just a few yards away and also in full sun, is a C. "pink Diamond" (I think) and an unnamed Cordyline/Dracaena that looks very similar to the Red Star. Both are doing well. There are 4 or 5 months of warm weather left so I will see just how strong or wimpy these guys are.

Steve, the climate and growing conditions of Hawaii always surprises me. My guess is that if you can get it through the first year, it should be all right. In habitat in NZ, you see it in a variety of conditions from very wet to relatively dry. I don't know how big this cultivar would get, but the green species gets 20'-30' with a spread about half of that.

Jerry

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

Posted

Eric-Thanks. Well it is warm/hot here all year long. I can plant it in a shady spot where it most likely won't get over 85 in the summer. Humidty is not like Fla.

I assume the picture is of the Purpurea which looks good.

Jerry-Thanks to you too. I won't mention how I got the plant as it most likely was against the law, but....... :mrlooney:

Will report back in a year or so as to success or failure. :drool:

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

Great plant Steve. It'll probably do fine oin your relatively dry area. They grow pretty fast too! Very easy to grow here.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

Posted

The leaves will get bigger as the plant grow. It will even branch too. There are a few pretty big specimens at Sea World. They are about 15-20 ft tall.

Posted

This is my Cordyline"Red starr"

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I cut "Purpurea" and now is

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and I hope in few years will look like thisone from net

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Posted

Mahalo to all of you. I have hope for 4 nice big bushy plants some day in the future. :lol:

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

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