Re: slightly OT/Ti plant
- Subject: Re: slightly OT/Ti plant
- From: J* D*
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cordyline terminalis also seems to survive ok outdoors
in urban gardens in San Francisco, so you should have
no trouble at all down in coastal San Diego county.
--- William Glover <wmglover@granger.com> wrote:
> On 6/21/01 1:05 AM Nan Sterman
> (nsterman@plantsoup.com) wrote:
>
> >I know this is somewhat off topic but I trust that
> one of you might
> >be able to answer this question.
> >
> >My 10 year old son brought me a gift of "ti" plant.
> I am sure you've
> >seen this stuff, it looks like two short pieces of
> sugar cane or
> >dracena stalk in a cellophane wrapper with a
> mimeographed
> >instructions on how to grow the ti plant.
>
>
> The 'Ti' plant is usually Cordyline terminalis. Stem
> cuttings are often
> sold with one end painted to indicate the top. But
> if you don't know
> which end is up, just rest the cuttings horizontally
> on a tray of damp
> sand or perlite and the shoots - which are what are
> seen growing from the
> nodes - will soon be readily distinguishable from
> the roots.
>
> Once roots are formed, plant in a pot or in the
> ground in a warm climate.
> There are many varieties of this dracaena, some of
> which grow three
> metres high. Likes water and sun, but not a
> particularly demanding plant.
>
> Another plant that can be grown outdoors in US Zone
> 10b or 11 is the
> Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica), although I have
> a recollection of
> once seeing this vine hugging the outside of a
> greenhouse at the Strybing
> Arboretum in San Francisco. So perhaps it qualifies
> as a Medit plant. Has
> remarkable very fragrant flowers that begin the day
> white, then turning
> pink and finally red as the day wears on. Recently
> posted some snaps of
> Q. indica at www.photopoint.com
> (wmglover@granger.com) if any are curious
> about this handsome and vigorous vine.
>
>
> William Glover
> Nevis, West Indies
>
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