Cordyline australis
Cabbage Tree
From: £32.95
The Cabbage Palm, is one of the most renowned plants indigenous to New Zealand, and has since become very popular in cultivation in the UK.
Cordyline australis typically grows as a single or multiple trunk tall tree with pale to dark grey corky bark, sporting iconic sword-shaped grey-green leaves that grow up to a metre long, and produces panicles of fragrant, sweetly perfumed white flowers in late spring.
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Plant Biography
Native to New Zealand where it’s known to the Māori as ‘tī kōuka’, and grows at the margins of forests, frequently near swamps. It has historically been eaten by native New Zealanders, who bake the root or brew it into an intoxicating drink. The Māori also use parts of the plant to treat a variety of injuries and illnesses.
You may have seen Cordyline Australis with either single unbranched stems or forked branches. This is because the plant only divides into forks after its first flowering, which typically occurs at 6 to 10 years of age.
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Care & Size Guidance
The Cabbage Palm can grow in a container, though it develops a taproot and thus requires a large, deep contained for best growth. Specimens grown in a container are unlikely to flower.
Planted in the ground it usually flowers (and thus forks) after about 6 to 10 years, but the right conditions can bring the flowering to 3 years of age.
Ordered a Cordyline Australis last year and got a good size as-described plant and was pleased with service and product. Ordered two this year advertised as 80cm to 100cm and they turned up badly packaged but luckily ok and decent quality however to say the plant was in the 80 – 100 cm range was a stretch. both plants had one leaf around the 780cm the rest of the plant was well short. The person sourcing them must have looked for the shortest ones in stock ! Very disappointing. I phoned up and told The Palm Centre and was offered free return which is fine however no apology, no interest in my comments, no offer of replacements in the correct height range. What a shame. Will i use them again? not sure at the moment as I could have got the same plants as cheap or cheaper locally.
Peter W. –
As the Palm centre were unable to supply my original order for the green variety I had the Atropurpurea instead. These arrived well packaged and are beautiful mature plants of excellent quality and size. I’m very impressed. Thank you
Carolyn W. –
Plant arrived well packaged and was bigger than expected. Very happy and will definitely be ordering more from PalmCentre. 5 stars.
Paul G. –
What an amazing plant, excellent condition, superbly packaged.
Shame you don’t have any more, the better half wants one too !
Barry G. –