Plant in full to part day coastal sun or light shade and give regular irrigation. It is cold hardy to 25° F and seems less bothered by the snails and slugs that disfigure other Ti Plant cultivars in our California gardens.

Cordyline fruticosa (or C. terminalis as it has long previously been known) is a plant that has been widely cultivated but its native distribution remains unknown. It is believed to be native to a wide region from Bangladesh to mainland Southeast Asia, South China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia. The name Cordyline comes from the Greek word kordyle, meaning "club," a reference to the enlarged underground stems or rhizomes.

Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple' is sometimes sold as Cordyline stricta 'Soledad Purple' but really appears to be a form of Ti Plant, Cordyline fruticosa. Luen Miller of Monterey Bay has commented that this plant is possibly the same as the Cordyline 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 who named the plant to honor their parent company, Rancho Soledad Nursery. We grew this interesting and attractive plant from 2009 until 2012 and only stopped when it became plentiful from other nurseries. 

Information displayed on this page about Cordyline fruticosa 'Soledad Purple' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.