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Products > Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred']
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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 about Cordyline Festival Grass™ ['Jurred'] that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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