Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon or border plant

or border plant

fast-climbing

blue flowers followed by incredible shiny turquoise blue berries lasting fall-winter

Nice formal hedge to 4’-6’ if tip pruned regularly

In early to mid-summer appear the terminal clusters of 2-3 in

Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon or border plantFull 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.