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Products > Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred']
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![Image of Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred']](https://www.smgrowers.com/imagedb/Cordyline_Jured.jpg )
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| Category: Grass-like |
| Family: Dracaenaceae (~Agaveaceae) |
| Origin: New Zealand (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Light Lavender |
| Bloomtime: Summer |
| Fragrant Flowers: Yes |
| Synonyms: Cordyline 'Red Fountain' |
| Parentage: (Cordyline australis x C. banksii x C. pumilo) |
| Height: 2-3 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F |
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Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred'] - (Red Fountain Cordyline) - This small Cordyline has vivid burgundy-red leaves atop a slowly developing 2 to 3 foot tall by 1 1/2 inch wide stem. The 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide leaves are 2-3 feet long and emerge upright but become somewhat lax with age, arching over so the tips reach the ground. In summer appear the tiny pale lilac flowers, with a jasmine-like fragrance, held above the foliage on branched stems. Plant in full sun (along coast) to deep shade and water regularly. Plants in shade are a darker more purple color while sun-grown plants have more red. This hybrid should prove hardy to around 20° F. Cordyline 'Jurred' was developed by Felix M. Jury and Mark C. Jury, in Taranaki, New Zealand. It is of hybrid origin with the seed parent thought to be a hybrid itself between Cordyline banksii and Cordyline australis 'Purple Tower' and the pollen parent being Cordyline pumilo. It was originally released in New Zealand in 1996 as Cordyline 'Red Fountain' but received US Plant Patent 14,224 in October 2003 using the name Cordyline 'Jurred' and is marketed in the US as Festival Grass, a trademarked name owned by Anthony Tesselaar Plants Pty Ltd. The plant patent on this variety has since expired. San Marcos Growers began growing this plant in 2005 - our plants are grown on from plants purchased from Monrovia Nursery, who is licensed to grow this plant.
The information displayed on this page about Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred'] is based on the research we conducted about it in our nursery horticultural library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include some of our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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