Cordyline australis

Cabbage Tree

Features

• Architecturally striking foliage rising out of a single trunk.
• Flowers are creamy and very fragrant during late spring and summer.

Uses

• Suitable for wet places in garden.
• Group plantings of 3 or 5 in smaller spaces.
• Structural plantings.

Growing Conditions

• Tolerates a wide range of soils; fertile to poor, dry to quite wet.
• Wind hardy.
• Frost hardy to all NZ except high alpine areas.