Re: Q
- Subject: Re: Q
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:05:46 +1200
John MacGregor wrote:
>
> Nan Sterman wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good website for finding plants based on
> > attributes? I am looking for a bronze/purple leaved shrub that will
> > work in my climate and most search engines are based on plant name or
> > flower color attributes rather than leaf color attributes.
>
> Nan,
>
> I can't recommend a site, but here are some of my favorite purple-leaved
> shrubs: (snip)
>
> Cordyline australis 'Red Star'. Eventually to 25 ft, but upright and
> narrow. Forms trunk with head like a large yucca, with deep wine-red
> leaves.
For people who want a lower growing Cordyline, C. 'Red Fountain' with
good red-wine foliage is a newish cultivar worth consisdering. It is a
hybrid between C.pumilio and C banksii and while it will grow a trunk
eventually, stays low like C.pumilio for several years. It does however
need a good deal of sideways space to accomodate its veritable fountain
of leaves.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
