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Products > Cordyline australis 'Sunrise' PP20,634   Cordyline australis 'Sunrise' PP20,634 - Kaleidoscope Series Cordyline Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Tree Family: Dracaenaceae (~Agaveaceae) Origin: New Zealand (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Variegated Foliage: Yes Flower Color: White Bloomtime: Summer Parentage: [C.australis 'Torbay Dazzler' x C.aust. 'Purple Tower'] Height: 12-20 feet Width: 3-4 feet Exposure: Full Sun Seaside: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F Cordyline australis 'Sunrise' PPAF (Kaleidoscope Series) - This is a palm-like, sub-tropical tree that grows with an upright habit and with age will branch to produce several heads. This cultivar is a very showy with leaves that have a dark reddish-pink mid stripe and bright pink margins. Although this plant is likely to grow slower it could grow to be a branched 10 to 20 foot tall by 5 to 10 foot wide evergreen tree and produce large panicles of small, sweet-scented white flowers in late spring to summer. Best in full coastal sun to light shade - some shade protection necessary in hotter inland gardens. It is drought tolerant in coastal gardens but responds well to occasional to regular irrigation. Useful in dry gardens but also offers a tropical look. A great container or garden plant that can tolerate coastal conditions if protected from direct sea winds (Zone 2). It is hardy to around 15° F, growing well in USDA zones 9-10 (and possibly warmer Zone 8 locations). This is one of the newest pink Cordyline australis cultivars to come in the horticultural trade, making its debut in nurseries in 2009. It is a bit like the hybrid 'Electric Pink' but as a Cordyline australis cultivar is likely to be more upright and single stemmed unless cut back to encourage branching. This plant, selected for its strong, very bright pink stripe on the leaf and for its compact internodes is a product of a breeding program conducted by Arthur George Rendle of New Plymouth, New Zealand in 1996. It is the result of crossing Cordyline australis 'Torbay Dazzler' as the pollen parent with Cordyline australis 'Purple Tower', the seed parent. This plant was issued U.S. Plant Patent PP20,634 on January 5, 2010. Images courtesy of Foremostco.  Information displayed on this page about  Cordyline australis 'Sunrise' PP20,634 is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]