Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Cordyline information, 1 by growin

growin wrote:
Hi ferrymead.

Thanks for the link. There's a bunch of confusion on this plant here. They are called "in the trade", Dracaena Spike or Dracaena indivisa. Then others mix the names and call it Cordyline indivisa which is completely different plant with wider leaves. They are frequently planted in the middle of planters sold at the big chain stores.

I just did a small harvest of local seed of Cordyline australis from plants that survived our -15C a few years ago in hopes of growing a hardier to cold form. I've found they toast at -10 -13C. I've grown some very nice New Zealand native plants such as Griselina, Azara, Hoheria and I've got a nice Dicksonia squarrosa in my front yard. I'm always looking to try out New Zealand plants. There's a Corokia in ID that noone replied to from me if you happen to know which cultivar it might be.