Red Star Cordylines planted out

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:52 pm

These sure did well overwintering in the cold building.

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Thanks for the suggestion to NOT treat them as annuals, Tim!
Maybe they'll flower in a year or two.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:04 pm

they sure are beauties!!

It would be interesting to see if any Cordylines along our immediate coast survived this past MILD winter. I'll have to keep my eyes open.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:15 pm

Thanks Tim!

Yes, I bet there are survivors from your non-winter...as long as people didn't tear them out in Fall clean-up.
It'd be good to know what these guys can withstand for low temps.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:21 pm

History indicates that anything below -10C is deadly for Cordyline... At least from what I've seen and heard.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:33 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:they sure are beauties!! It would be interesting to see if any Cordylines along our immediate coast survived this past MILD winter. I'll have to keep my eyes open.

I seen some at a cafe' just south of here this winter, looked very good! I don't think they got below 5f though and protected against a building. When I get down that way I will try and take some pics, unless they get removed.

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:08 pm

our cordyline was left inground winter 2008-9 It came rigth back in spring that year.
ADAM

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:11 pm

oh and we thought theyd just die so had no protrction. One of to survived -17c on more than one occasion
Adam

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:13 pm

Nice Job Barb I I had one in the ground and left it its coming back to life but looks bad. I bought another red star and planted it with some petunias, verbena, bacopa, million bells, and sweet potato vines in an old washtub. I might save it over the winter and see what happens. I have a green one that has survived the winter in the ground and has a nice trunk on it.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:56 am

Comments are encouraging, thanks.
Happy that we'll probably see more of these treated as perennials with the East's warmer winters.

-17C Adam! Holy cow!

When I potted them up in Fall, I used large pots and took a lot of soil, trying not to disturb the roots.
May be why they kept growing.

The vivid burgundy is a little faded now from the few sunny days we've had.
Expect new leaves to be full color.

Like bgodwin, I also had sweet potato vine around the base and liked the color combo with the odd petunia planted.
A summer magazine indicated these were the "hot colors" of the summer last year.
A fluke for me

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Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:30 am

Ohhh...nice.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:54 pm

I doubt that Cordys can actually handle temps down to 0F. Probably this is similar to how Musa basjoo can survive in cold climates despite being frost sensitive, i.e. the below ground tissue remains live and the plant can resprout, as long as the growth point isn't killed (ok basjoo can sucker so it is a little tougher). I recall John in CO had some through -15f or so and had them come back...

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:35 pm

Barb I really like the colour on those. They look even better in person. Good to see them in the ground again.

John

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:28 am

Yes, those Cordylines are so nice and bright. I wish I could buy this yellow sweet potato vine here in Kazakhstan... But...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:24 pm

Thanks folks.
Yeah, guess that means I'll be digging them out EVERY Fall.

Hey Igor, maybe get seeds of the sweet potato vine?

Didn't notice mine blooming, but here's a good article on propagating them and bringing them indoors:
Halfway down page:

http://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.ca/2010/10 ... -vine.html

Barb

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:10 pm

I have purple sweet potato vines I dig up every year and over winter in a box with my cannas and elephant ears. It blooms every year and reseeds I get little babies coming up everywhere.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:26 pm

Glad to hear it's worth doing, Bryce.

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