Cordyline darkstar & sunrise - how hardy?

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Cordyline darkstar & sunrise - how hardy?

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How hardy are both of these. Has anyone had them outside through this winter.
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Re: Cordyline darkstar & sunrise

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I've not seen these, I have some red star. :wink:
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Normally red star is fine. mine were cut back along with almost all my cordies (except indivisia) but they've all come back from the roots
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Sunrise is new this year as far as I know and IMO the nicest Cordy thats likely to be hardy.
Not heard of Dark Star so cant comment but I expect Sunrise to be on a par with Dazzler so less hardy than ordinary Australis but hardy enough to try with some protection such as tying the leaves up through winter..
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I have seen Dark star at Homebase. Theirs loads of cordylines on the marketplace now. A smilie for adrian icon_thumright
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My southern splendor cordies came through the winter OK and are looking really good now
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Do most Cordyline's get hardier with age. From my experience I think they may do but not sure if this is the case with most cordyline varieties. I know I have a few red star approx 3ft that sailed through the winter exposed to -9c no damage. Was slight damage on the large green one I have though which is 8ft high.
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getting larger certainly helps even if only that being bigger means they take longer to freeze
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Looks like i'll just have to test both of these out. The attraction of both is that they add colour with virtually no maintenance.
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I have seen a darkstar,or black cordyline,will try and get a pic of it tomorrow,its about 20ft,it has four or five heads,its hardy over here.
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Can anyone ive me an idea why one of my red star's carked it last winter? The other is in a raised bed next to a wall, and was fine. So was it cold temps or wet roots (although the soil is well drained)?
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Was the other one smaller. A wall would provide protection and some shelter from the hardest frosts.
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Here you go,Cordyline Dark Star,and some more 4 story cordys
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Theres a lot of names coming out now but that looks just like my bog standard purple Cordy.
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Re: Cordyline darkstar & sunrise

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Thanks for the pic dave but that's not a dark star. :roll:
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