Cordyline Burgundy Spire?

[DAVEinMB]

Can someone ID these? Planted commercially on main street in North Myrtle Beach

[Chester B]

I think they go by many names but most commonly sold as Cordyline "red star".  Scientific name Cordyline australis - Homedepot sells them by the thousands just look for them in April or May.

[greysrigging]

I have lots of Cordylines.... in the tropics ( Cairns, Darwin, Townsville, Broome ), you just visit the local land fill/waste dump.... they are there by the thousands, trimmed, pruned and disposed of, just waiting to be dipped in rooting powder and re homed.....lol !

[greysrigging]

Local dump cuttings doing ok....
   

  
And some bare wood waiting for the rains to start ( about 6 weeks away..... with a bit of luck somewhere between 60" and 80" in the next 6-8 months.....




 

[DAVEinMB]

On 8/11/2020 at 6:06 PM, Chester B said:

I think they go by many names but most commonly sold as Cordyline "red star".  Scientific name Cordyline australis - Homedepot sells them by the thousands just look for them in April or May.

Awesome, thanks a bunch 

[stygiana]

On 8/11/2020 at 9:47 PM, DAVEinMB said:

Can someone ID these? Planted commercially on main street in North Myrtle Beach

Hi there,

I might be wrong, but IMHO this one doen't look like Cordyline australis cv. 'Red Star'. Leaves seem too broad. Looks more like 'Burgundy Spire' indeed...

(note that most webpages say 'Burgundy Spire' is a cultivar of Cordyline australis, though I'm not 100% sure of that. It could be, but it looks also a bit like be a cross between C. australis and C. obtecta, ... 🤔).