Do cordylines like full sun?

Full sun is ideal for green-leaved cordylines, but light shade is preferable for those with colourful or variegated leaves, as strong sun can fade their rich hues.

Is cordyline an indoor or outdoor plant?

Cordyline, or ti, is a common decorative plant that thrives outdoors in USDA hardiness zones 9 through 12, but it also makes an excellent houseplant with its long, spikey leaves. Cordyline typically has leathery leaves in a variety of colors, including green, red, yellow, white, purple, and purplish-red.

Do cordylines prefer sun or shade?

full-sun
Tropical and sub-tropical cordylines will tolerate sun through shade, but can become leggy in too much shade. They like a rich, well-drained soil and reliable moisture, but can tolerate dry periods. They will need wind protection. Warm and cool temperate cordylines prefer full-sun to part shade.

Can a cordyline plant live outside?

Cordyline varieties can thrive as outdoor plants or houseplants. Flowering is more likely in outdoor varieties, but the houseplant cordyline can occasionally bloom flowers, too.

Do cordylines grow well in pots?

Cordyline plants can also be grown in pots and if the container is sufficiently large (such as the size of a wooden half barrel) a cordyline can remain in the same one for a number of years. Cordylines are likely to outgrow smaller pots in a year or two and need moving up to a larger pot or planting out in the ground.

How long does a Cordyline live?

50 years
In very good conditions a horticultural plant can live to 50 years. Cordylines aged 20-plus years are not uncommon in established nurseries. It takes about four years for a stem cutting to attain an acceptable size and 15 to 20 years for Cordyline to develop a trunk and grow into a tree.

Can you keep cordyline in pots?

What do you do with cordylines in the winter?

Protecting palms and cordylines from frost The crown of cordylines can be protected by gathering up the leaves and wrapping them with horticultural fleece. The leaves will try to fan out forcing the garden fleece to create a protected pocket of air around the vulnerable crown.

Can you keep Cordyline in pots?

Can cordylines grow in pots?

Cordylines need space when planted in a pot and will need to be potted into large containers for more permanent planting. Flowers can be produced on mature plants that have a delicious scent. Prune flower stems to the base when the flowering season has finished.

How big do Cordyline grow in pots?

Should I cut the brown tips off my Cordyline?

Follow the tips above ie clear the brown leaves, cut off any soft rotten trunk but wait to do this until early summer because if it has been killed off completely by the cold it might reshoot from the base. Hope these tips on caring for cordylines growing in the UK helps!