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Common Names:  ti plant, Hawaiian ti, cordyline, good luck plant Family:   Agavaceae  (agave Family) Description Ti is a palmlike evergreen shrub with a strong, usually unbranched trunk that can get up to 10 ft (3 m) tall. However, most of us know it as a smaller foliage house plant, before much of a trunk has developed. The leaves are 12-30 in (30-50 cm) long, 4-6 in (10-15 cm) wide and may be glossy green, reddish purple, or marked with various combinations of purple, red, yellow or white. The leaves originate in tufts at the top of the woody stems in mature plants, and more or less along the stems in younger house plants. Mature plants produce yellowish or reddish flowers that are sweetly scented, less than a half inch (1.25 cm) across, and clustered in conspicuous 12 in (30 cm) panicles. The fruits are red berries. Ti plant sometimes grows in clumps by suckering from the enlarged tuber-like rhizomes. Many cultivars have been selected for their beautiful foliage: ‘Imperalis’ h

accent plant:  A plant placed in contrast to its surroundings to call special attention to it. acid:  Refers to material (soil, potting mixture, water) with pH level below 7.0. Acidity is an indicator of the absence of lime or other alkaline material. active growth period:  The period within a spam of 12 months (which is not necessarily a calendar year) when the plant continues to put out new leaves, increases in size and generally, produces flowers. air-layering:  A form of layering in which the branch is potted or wrapped in a moist growing medium to promote root growth. aerial root:  Roots produced along the stem above ground, mainly by monopodial plants. They usually do not enter the medium. air plants:  Air plants (also called epiphytes) are plants that live attached to a plant (or other structure like a telephone pole or a building) and not in the ground). Epiphytes are not parasites; they get water and nutrients from the air (and not from their host). alkaline:  Re