Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon Drought tolerant in coastal gardens

Drought tolerant in coastal gardens

It has upright form with 2 1/2" wide bronze-green leaves with rose-pink margins fading to cream in summer

long fruit which contains fine white hairs

Forms a large cluster to 4-5ft tall by about twice as wide with individual rosettes 4-5ft wide atop a stout gray stem to 4ft tall

Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon Drought tolerant in coastal gardensFull sun moderate to regular water. In youth, forms a fountain of narrow 3ft long leaves. Upper leaves are erect; lower ones arch and droop. In maturity, a tree to 20 30ft tall, 6 12ft wide, branching high on trunk; rather stiff looking. Fragrant, in. flowers in long, branching clusters in late spring. Cut back when young to force multiple trunks. Used for tropical effects, with boulders and gravel for desert look, near seashore.