Red Sister Ti Plant is a colorful tropical broadleaf used as a house plant with long lace-shaped foliage that emerges pink and matures to burgundy with hot pink variegation. It rarely flowers indoors. The best color occurs with bright indirect light and consistently moist well-drained peaty soils.
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Type: |
Annual |
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Height: |
4' - 6' |
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Spread: |
1' - 3' |
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Spacing: |
2' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
10 - 12 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
N/A |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Do not place in direct sun. Reduce watering in winter. Easy to grow as houseplant as long as high humidity requirement is met. Watch for aphids, scale, mealybugs, and spider mites.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Crocosmia, Impatiens, Hosta
IMAGES: David Monniaux, Cordyline terminalis dsc03651, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photo by tanetahi, Cordyline fruticosa - a red leafed cultivar, (3) Photo by E.P. Mallory, 20101228_EPM-TBZ-008 Red Sister or Ti Plant Cordyline fruticosa (syn. C. terminalis).jpg
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
