Ti plant, Hawaiian Ti, Good Luck Plant (Cordyline fruticosa)

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Dimmer ( Kim) Zion, IL(Zone 5a) Dec 16, 2003

Ti plant, Hawaiian Ti, Good Luck Plant
Cordyline fruticosa

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Maudie Harvest, AL Dec 17, 2003

Dimmer, you might be giving your plant too much water. Try watering it less and see how it does. I water mine only when the soil is dry.

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gel70 North Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10b) Jan 25, 2004

I find that mine outside yellow and drop leaves when there is too little water, as opposed to too much...but they are in the ground in south FL, haven't tried any in containers...notice dropped leaf in this pic...

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gran_nan2001 Frisco, TX Jul 06, 2004

I have had a Ti plant like the one shown here since November 1975. I raised it from a piece of wood about three inches long that I bought at a grocery store in the Dallas, Texas area. I have kept it in the house in the winter and moved it to the patio in the summer. When in the house, I water it once a week with Miraclo Gro per the directions. It is multiple trunked and is about 6 feet tall. I have re-potted it twice and moved homesteads many times in the last almost 30 years. From time to time, some leaves have turned yellow and when investigating the underneath of the leaves, I have found microscopic red dots covering the underside of the leaf. I wash the leaves with water and a wet paper towel, and the plant continues to put on new growth.

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WalterT San Diego, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 14, 2004

C. fruticosa is a lovely, very tropical plant with red, yellow or variegated leaves with many named forms. The plant in my image is an offshoot of one I have had for several years growing outdoors in my frostfree San Diego garden. I keep it in a pot off the ground to foil the snails, etc. That is one of the disadvantages of a very mild climate: bad, hungry insects the year around. WalterT.

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Ulrich Manhattan Beach, CA(Zone 11) Jul 14, 2004

Those red dots may be spider mites.

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dieselp2 Lethbridge, Canada May 31, 2006

how would you transplant this tree without putting it into shock i have one that is 50 years old and now it the biggest pot i can buy

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Loralee49 Haw River, NC Dec 03, 2008

I have a plant just like this one. I've had it for 17 years. I've replanted several times and it's done really well. This year right before Thanksgiving my plant put out flowers. It's never done this before and I was wondering if anybody else has ever had one to bloom.

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