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Products > Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple'
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| 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 |
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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.
This information about Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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