Ti plants ( Cordyline fruticosa or terminalis ) add tropic beauty to almost any landscape — indoors or out . Desirable for their colourful leafage , honeyed - smelling blossom and stout nature , ti works are often grow as indoor plant because of their ability to tolerate downcast - light status .
te plants ( Cordyline fruticosa or terminalis ) add tropic beauty to almost any landscape — indoors or out . Desirable for their colorful foliage , sweet - smelling flowers and hardy nature , ti plantsare often grown as indoor works because of their power to permit depleted - light conditions . Home gardeners who have dogs , however , might reckon twice about crop this attractive shrub — they are poisonous to frank .
Tasty Treat…
Native to Southeast Asia , the ti plant was probably passed around the Pacific by early Polynesians , who belike ate the starchy rhizomes . Today in Hawaii the roots are steam clean before eaten , and core and other food are often wrapped in the flora ’s leaves and then poke fun or steamed , according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa . The leaves of the plant are also used to make hulu skirt .
…Or Toxic Ti?
Although people eat on it , you do n’t want point nosh on any part of this industrial plant . The ti industrial plant contain saponins , which can cause vomiting in cats and dogs — sometimes flaming — excessive saliva , depression and going of appetite . If you think your andiron has ingested some of this plant life , touch your local veterinarian at once .
Environmental Conditions
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen bush that can arise to maximal heights and width of about 15 and 8 feet severally . Outdoor works are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness geographical zone 10 through 12 . Because they are sore to cold , ti plants are often grow indoors in containers . Container plants , whether indoors or out , will be circumscribe in size by the container , making them easier to move . Placing your industrial plant in a container may allow you to move it out of scope of your curious barker , maintain him secure from trauma .
Culture and Care
These works uprise best in well - drain locations or in a planting medium that has a high percentage of peat moss to aid in drainage . Outdoors , it thrives in full sun or fond shade . Indoors , it prefers vivid but collateral light . The ti plant will spring up its bright colors in full sunlight , but will want more water when site in full sun . Water is important for these industrial plant — the dirt should be kept moist , and they ask gamey humidity — especially indoors . Placing a potted plant on top of a tray of moist pebble will help it grow .
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