Bred by our friends in New Zealand, this Kiwi classic will liven up any patio, or garden, with majestic sprays of vibrant pink and red hues. With its strappy, sword-like foliage it’s great to use as a central feature in a summer container, or to use like ‘sentinels’ lining a path, or entrance to a garden.

Prefers full sun or partial shade, and free-draining soil or compost.

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100 x 80 cm

Pink

Purple

N/A

Full Sun

Part Sun

A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.

AGAVACEAE

Cordyline

Salsa

Leave enough room so that foliage does not overlap within crop time.

NPK balanced feeding

Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)

4.5 to 5.0

Due to the current approval situation, please contact your PGR provider

12-16°C

February - August

Suffer from tip burn caused by the inability of the plant to transpire enough to get the calcium into the leaf edges and growing points so cell breakdown occurs. This shows as a brown leaf margin and like any dead tissue will be prey to fungus like botrytis that can then attack the living tissue. Transpiration can be improved by reducing humidity such as raising the temperature or by purging with fresh air through the vents, typically early in the morning unless foggy or humid outside. Calcium is rarely short in the compost they simply cannot lift it. Calcium sprays help such as Wuxal or even feed grade calcium Nitrate. The latter goes on at 5g per litre every couple of weeks say in with a fungicide and a wetter helps.