Cordyline Australis Torbay Dazzler-Cabbage Palm in 9 cm Pot

A superb plant and especially if you are looking to create that tropical/Mediterranean effect. This man made palm like plant is compact and a very striking, upright, palm like plant has arching green leaves with bold cream stripes and margins. Granted the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Should be planted in a sunny location sheltered from hard frost or if in a pot, provide additional protection over winter. The bigger plants which have produced around a meter of trunk are hardier than younger plants. More mature plants occasionally produce masses of small fragrant creamy flowers in late summer. Generally people like the fragrance but to a very small minority it is not perceived as pleasant. You won't harm the tree by cutting off the flower stems. This plant can be used in a mixed planting or as a stand alone specimen in the garden or can easily be grown in a pot or other container in a greenhouse or large conservatory. If in a pot it cannot stay outside over winter except in the mildest of locations. Use a good quality John Innes compost as this plant will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year. John Innes is a soils based compost.