Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon Vine-like trailing growth habit

Vine-like trailing growth habit

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

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

mid-July to mid-August in Central CA

Cordyline australis (Green Cabbage Tree) Size:5 Gallon Vine-like trailing growth habitFull 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.