Festival™ Cordyline 4MB - Landscaping With Tesselaar Plants

FACT SHEET
FESTIVAL™ cordyline
var. JURred, CorBzr01, and CorJur08
(Sold as Red Fountain™ in AU and NZ)
With its glossy mahogany/burgundy leaves, compact bushy form and cascading habit, Festival™cordyline makes a
bold statement in any garden, landscape or container planting. Festival combines compact color in a cascading form
with low maintenance. It grows quickly and looks great mass planted - ideal to cover banks, borders or large openspace plantings with style. Festival cordyline performs equally well in full sun or shade and is a low water-use plant.
Cordylines are normally small trees or palm-like evergreen shrubs. However, Festival™ is different because it is basal
branching and forms multiple short stems spreading out from the base of the plant to create a sturdy low-growing plant,
growing to about 3 1/2 feet high. Its long strappy leaves cascade to create a fountain effect that is highly prized in
landscape and container plantings.
Festival™ is available in three colors: Burgundy, Raspberry and Lime (available
in 2016). Hardy in USDA Zones 8-11, Festival cordyline is an upright tropical
suited to warm climate perennial borders and landscapes and is superb everywhere in patio pots. Because they are not bothered by dry heat/air, they can
also be grown indoors as well-behaved houseplants.
PROFESSIONAL TIPS
• This is the prince of container plants; whether set in a grid of pots for a
moment of sculptural repetition or used as the core planting in a mixed
arrangement in a planter.
• Where space is tight, alongside a drive or a pool, a staggered line of Festival
cordylines gives the impression of massed planting. Combined with a fence
covered with star jasmine for a nicely partnered zero-maintenance planting.
• Dress up a driveway with a mass of Festival cordylines teamed with
Flower Carpet® roses for a high-end look with a low-maintenance requirement.
Stunning as container plants
Festival™ cordyline at a glance:
• Basal branching, forming multiple short stems from
base of plant to create sturdy low-growing specimens
• Low maintenance – easy care
• Currently available in two colors: Festival™Burgundy
with shiny ruby/burgundy foliage, and Festival™
Raspberry with its burgundy foliage edged in bright
raspberry. Festival Lime will be available in 2016
• Low to moderate water requirements once established
• Full sun to partial shade
• Tolerates a range of soils
• Hardy in USDA Zones 8 through 11
• Grows 3 ft (91 cm) tall and 3 ft (91 cm) wide
• In late spring, lightly fragrant small pale pink flowers
Festival Raspberry has burgundy foliage edged in bright raspberry
FESTIVAL™ Cordyline Quick Facts & Characteristics
Suggested Uses:
Commercial landscapes in USDA Zones 8-11. Effective in covering banks and large open
spaces, but equally stunning in smaller plantings or solo in pots. Perfect for perennial
borders and landscapes in warm zones. Also suitable as a houseplant.
Hardiness:
Hardy in USDA Zones 8-11. Heat tolerance: high reflective. In colder areas Festival cordyline
can be kept indoors overwinter as a indoor plant to gain size season by season, and sustain for
future summer garden use. This cordyline does quite well indoors, tolerating dry heat and
maintaining its glossy look and cascading form, even in winter's lower light.
Growth Habit:
This unique basal-branching cordyline forms multiple short stems spreading out from the base
of the plant to form a strong but low-growing bushy plant.
Flowers:
1/8” (.31 cm) pale lightly fragrant lilac flowers on short pedicels forming 3/4” (1.9 cm) corolla.
Blooms in late spring/early summer.
Foliage:
Grown primarily for its rich Burgundy or Raspberry foliage color and long cascading leaves.
Plant Size:
Grows 28-38” (71-96 cm) high, and 36-48” (91-121 cm) wide.
Soil Needs:
Tolerates a range of soils but will perform best in well-drained sites with well-worked soil
containing organic matter.
Water Needs:
Low to moderate water requirements, will tolerate dry conditions once established.
Spacing:
Plant 24” (61 cm) apart in the landscape; further if featuring each distinct clump.
Fertilizer:
A slow-release flowering plant formula in spring and high potassium fertilizer in the autumn.
Light Needs:
Full sun to partial shade.
Maintenance:
Remove old leaves as required.
Disease Tolerance:
No major disease susceptibility.
Pest Issues:
No major pest susceptibility.
Low maintenance Festival Cordyline is
ideal in range of landscape settings.
For information on this and other Tesselaar Plants contact
JBrower @TesselaarUSA.com or visit www.tesselaar.com
Anthony Tesselaar USA, Inc. • 15200 Mansel Avenue • Lawndale, CA 90260