Great post, Barb. I've also got a red Cordyline which I'll be overwintering indoors.

Great color-nice plants.

I have one I planted 4 years ago...last winter
a few of them lived,it puts out new shoots every year 😀

I just got back from a restaurant that had a few cordyline indivisa growing on the southside next to the building. I was so happy to see that these were the same ones that lived through last winter (doing great last feb.), the only difference was now they have small trunks! I was amazed! 😯
Sorry no pics. 😡
PS this is 25 miles south in TwinFalls. And a mild winter last season.

Nice plants barb they have gotten big I have 2 Cordyline "Red Star" I am going to try to over winter inside. I planted one in the ground last year but it did not come back. They aren't as hardy as the green ones apparently. I planted a green cordyline indivisa in the ground the year before last and it keeps coming back.

Thanks folks.

The green cordylines do look tougher, with a firmer leaf so maybe they are hardier after all.

Red Star cordies were easy for me to overwinter.
Last year put them in the cold building (45 - 50F), medium light (10 feet away from south window), watered only twice in 5 months.
The bonus is that they're starting to trunk.

Anyone remember Tim's cordyline in flower? (Or was it Mike's? sorry, can't remember)
Stunning tall flower like a yucca.

Barb

This may sound Insane but Oute my Name I use. I have overwinterd one outside and am hopeing it will live if not I have a back up.

Thanks folks.

The green cordylines do look tougher, with a firmer leaf so maybe they are hardier after all.

Barb

The red ones are somewhat hardy, I seen one in Twin-Falls Idaho that lived through a winter with no protection. But I doubt it lived through this winter. 😀

lived through a winter with no protection. But I doubt it lived through this winter.

Guessing they're a zone 7/8?

I have a couple of green ones, repotted separately in fall.
One was in the unheated garage over winter; looks like crap.
The other is in the barely-heated building; growing like mad. 😕

The Red Stars in that building aren't growing, but they do look good.
Leaves remained erect, only watered them once this winter.

Barb

Guessing they're a zone 7/8?

Barb

Zone 6/6b, but last winter was a mild one. I seen it in November, and it looked good. It was growing at a restaurant by a south facing wall with protruding overhangs. I was surprised they left it in the ground, I hope it is still there, but I doubt it. 😐

There are so many varieties of Cordylines now. Some are gaurish that they need to be viewed through dark glasses 😉 The reds are more tender than the standard green (Australis) Cordyline Indivisa is a pig of a plant to grow. Many enthusiasts in the UK have failed with this plant as it has demanding growing conditions..... not too hot, reasonably moist soil never allowed to dry out. The old joke in the UK forums was that if you look at the plant it will die 😆 I've barely kept mine alive for two years and it didn't like a -11C last February.

Love these plants, I have three of these too, and they are getting big. My green cordyline have bloomed the past two years and are amazing! Smell so great!! Good luck Barb!

Thanks Mike.
I put them back outdoors today ... weather's fabulous! 😀
Gonna stay out if it only gets to freezing, as f/cast.

Really looking forward to mine (both red and green) eventually setting flowers.

Curious which is hardier: red or green cordylines?

Barb

Thanks Mike.
I put them back outdoors today ... weather's fabulous! 😀
Gonna stay out if it only gets to freezing, as f/cast.

Really looking forward to mine (both red and green) eventually setting flowers.

Curious which is hardier: red or green cordylines?

Barb

I think the greenies are hardier.

I think the greenies are hardier.

Couldn't remember whether you had said that last year.

But oh oh, I had a green one in the unheated garage -8C (17F) one night a few weeks ago.
It looks awful...collapsed flat.

So I'd better not risk the red ones 😕
Barb