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Maril00 Posts: 39 |
red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 673 days ago Has anyone noticed that although cordylines and dracaenas are supposed to be sun hardy, the red/bronze varieties are far less sun tolerant? I planted a colour co-ordinating border of these beautiful plants using short and tall varieties. I've seasol-ed, fertilized and watered regularly with bore water. The green leaves have loved the hot WA summer but anything in the red shades, particularly red fountain, burnt to an absolute crisp. They aren't going to die, but they look pretty awful. I'll either have to move them or re-think the overhead cover. |
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MissDicey Posts: 2 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 673 days ago yes - we had the same problem. |
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hutcho Posts: 687 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 673 days ago Ditto. A costly lesson for me ! |
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rodp Posts: 83 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 653 days ago with any plant selection you need to look at its origin. for example, alot of the flaxes are from new zealand which hosts a completely different climate, especially that of western australia which has very little, or no summer rain, hot summers and SAND, NOT SOIL ! |
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greenfingers Posts: 88 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 630 days ago
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burmese Posts: 4 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 625 days ago Yes I agree. Red leaves require broken shade or full shade in SE Qld. One neighbour has planted several huge ones in full sun and they live but always look burnt. We are sub-tropical and have the same problem. |
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EllyB Posts: 3 |
RE: red leaved cordylines not sun hardy? Posted 604 days ago I have what I believe are cordyline fruticosa rubra that manage to survive quite well in full sun, retaining full colour and flowering profusely during late autumn. In the Ipswich region we suffer bad frosts and harsh summers, however the cordylines seem to have weathered both without being burnt. These cordylines are in the open but in pots, watered irregularly and fertilised once or twice a year. Apparently chook poo based fertilisers are best. Have you thought about researching Accordion pleating? Cordylines are weird, dpending on the variety they require more or less watering, but most I understand prefer nitrogen based fertilisers. |
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