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Products > Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple'   Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple' - Soledad Purple Ti Plant Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Grass-like Family: Liliaceae (Lilies) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Flower Color: Pinkish White Bloomtime: Summer Synonyms: [C. stricta 'Soledad Purple', C. terminalis cv.] Height: 4-8 feet Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Light Shade/Part Sun Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple' (Soledad Purple Ti Plant) - An upright compact plant to 6 to 8 feet tall with deep, glossy green, leaves that are 18 inches long by 1 to 2 inches wide leaves that clasp the stem like a sheath. The new growth is paler and flushed with purple. The small light violet flowers occur winter into and spring from amongst the axils of the upper leaves and are followed by black berries. Plant in part coastal sun or light shade and give regular irrigation. Hardy to 25 F. Seems less bothered by the snails and slugs that disfigure other Ti cultivars in our California gardens. This plant is sometimes sold as Cordyline stricta 'Soledad Purple' but really appears to be a form of Ti, Cordyline fruticosa (or C. terminalis as it has long previously been known). Luen Miller of Monterey Bay has commented that this plant is possibly the same as the C. fruticosa cultivar 'Glauca' and notes that it is "a tough, old-style landscape variety that takes sun and some drought and frost to 25 F with minimal damage." Our plants from Rancho Tissue Technologies.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple'.     [MORE INFO]