Cordyline ‘Electric Flash’

Branched yucca-like shrub with brown and cream markings. Age brings fragrant spring blooms. Slow to max height.
height 5–10ft
width 3–6ft
tolerates Coast, Cool Summers, Drought, Fog, Pots, Salt, Wind
water
needs		 Low – Moderate
water
info		 Cordylines are versatile in the garden. These upright cordylines have a clean vertical form, but also respond well to a hard pruning back (even all the way to the ground) and will send new growth out wherever they are cut back. By cutting multiple canes at different levels you can get a nice staggered effect and maximize screening.
hardy
to		 15F
exposure Full Shade – Full Sun
indoor
outdoor		 Outdoor
drainage In Ground: Cactus Mix, In Pots: Cactus Mix, Tolerates Sandy Soil
fertilizing All Purpose
origin Hybrid, New Zealand
california
native		 No
sunset
zones		 5, 8, 9, 14–24

Sunset Zones Map

Outdoor Exposure Guide

Growing Notes

Cordyline ‘Electric Flash’ starts out for several years as a low grassy clump, but with time develops several trunks.
Once the older lower leaves dry up they can be pulled cleanly away, exposing a textured trunk.
Cordylines are an excellent choice for a pot, where they are low-maintenance plants for the long term.
In particularly windy conditions cordylines may develop brown frayed tips.
The trunks can be hard pruned to any height and will bushout from where they are pruned. Be sure to give the plant good watering and some fertilizer during this time of regrowth

Special Interest

Most cordylines aren’t grown for their flowers, but they do occasionally bloom with pleasant clusters of fragrant white to blue-amethyst flowers.