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![Image of Cordyline Electric Flash ['Sprilecflash'] PP26,267](https://www.smgrowers.com/imagedb/Cordyline_ElectricFlash.jpg )
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| Category: Tree |
| Family: Dracaenaceae (~Agaveaceae) |
| Origin: New Zealand (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Variegated Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: White |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Fragrant Flowers: Yes |
| Height: 4-8 feet |
| Width: 3-4 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: <15° F |
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Cordyline Electric Flash ['Sprilecflash'] PPAF - Another of the interestingly colored Cordyline banksii cultivars coming out of Australia that with Electric Pink and Electric Star provides new bold colored plants with a clumping habit for California gardens. This one has narrow leaves that have a chocolate colored central stripe and cream colored margins - very attractive and unusual! As with the other "Electric" series it is a cultivar of Cordyline banksii, the Forest Cabbage Tree, or Ti Ngahere as it is known in the Maori language. This species is more clump forming like a Phormium and this parentage makes this plant a smaller more clumping cultivar, rather than having the tree-like stature of the Cordyline australis cultivars, which easily reach 25 ft. tall. Though listed as only growing to 4 feet, we already have plants with short trunks and foliage exceeding this, so suspect it will be like the others in the series and approach about twice this with new shoots rising from the base and along the stems. Plant in a well-drained soil. While fairly drought tolerant in coastal gardens, it will certainly be more lush with regular irrigation and should prove hardy to around 15° F, growing well in USDA zones 9-10. This Cordyline banksii hybrid comes from Sprint Horticulture of Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia and was accepted for Plant Breeder's Rights protection in June 2013 and received US Plant Patent 26,267 in December 2015. The picture on this page provided by Sprint Horticulture with the 2nd image of a specimen plant growing at our nursery.
This information about Cordyline Electric Flash ['Sprilecflash'] PP26,267 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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