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.
Expert Tip
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.
My cordyline arrived in fantastic condition, and beautifully packaged. The Palm Centre must love plants as much as I do
Anita (verified owner) –
Ordered online after visiting the nursery in person and seeing how big some of the plants are. I got a really great specimen delivered and it’s doing well in the garden so far. Well chuffed!
Benji (verified owner) –
Purchased two cordylines in the sale. Quality plants with well-developed rootballs. At full price they’d have been a good buy. At a reduced price they were a bargain! Plants well wrapped and trackable shipping that arrived as stated. Very reasonable postage. Not my first purchase from TPC and definitely won’t be my last.
Ann (verified owner) –
Excellent plant and good service.
Michael Hoad (verified owner) –