Species · genus Cordyline · Asparagaceae

Good Luck Plant

Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev.

Also known as: Palm Lily · Broadleaf Palm-lily · Ti · Tiplant · Tree-of-kings

Growth habit

shrub or tree

Native range

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marianas, Marshall Is., New Guinea, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Reference · C. fruticosa

Cultivars of C. fruticosa

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. fruticosa yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Cordyline fruticosa is a tropical shrub-to-small-tree from the warm, humid islands of the western Pacific and northern Australia, where it grows in bright but filtered light. Give it bright indirect light and even moisture, watering when the top inch of mix has dried; it dislikes both soggy roots and prolonged drought. It prefers higher humidity than most homes provide, so leaf-edge browning often signals air that is too dry.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

15–29 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining mix that holds even moisture

Propagation

Stem or tip cuttings; cane sections root readily

Fertilizing

Balanced feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; prized for vivid pink-and-green foliage

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Ti plant — saponins; vomiting (± blood), depression, drooling. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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