Cordyline_australis

Cordyline Seed

Cordyline australis

£5.00 – £19.50 inc. VAT

Cordylines or New Zealand Cabbage trees grow into small evergreen trees with a single trunk topped with a dense mass of long sword like leaves. Small creamy white flowers in large terminal panicles are produced in early summer. A very striking architectural plant.

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Description

Cordyline australis

Common name: Cordyline or New Zealand Cabbage Tree

Native: New Zealand

Provenance: Australia

Size and spread (10 years): 1.5m x 1m

Treatment required: None

Seeds / kg: 264,900     94% viable

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Most well drained soils but requires a sheltered aspect otherwise the leaves tend to get shredded by the wind.

Planting instructions: Often grown in pots when it will need a loam based compost and re-potting every couple of years. Remove tatty old bottom leaves regularly to expose the trunk.

Mature height: 3m x 1m

pic courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Additional information

Weight 5.00 g
Genus

Cordyline
Size

Mini Seed Pack (approx 25 seeds), Seed Pack (approx 1300 seeds)
Family

Asparagaceae
Hardiness

Hardy
Life Cycle

shrub
Evergreen

evergreen
Interest

foliage
Requires

sun