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Red Zip Cabbbage Palm Cordyline fruticosa

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
2'8" 20" 81cm 51cm
Height: 2'6" - 2'8"
Spread: 18" - 20"
Height: 76cm - 81cm
Spread: 46cm - 51cm
Proven Selections
  • Details

    30 - 32 Inches
    18 - 20 Inches
    18 - 20 Inches
    76cm - 81cm
    46cm - 51cm
    46cm - 51cm

    Features

    Add a tropical feel to your garden or home with this brightly colored foliage plant.

    Adaptable As Houseplant
    Foliage Interest
    Heat Tolerant

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    30 - 32 Inches 76cm - 81cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 20 Inches 46cm - 51cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 20 Inches 46cm - 51cm
    Foliage Colors: 
    Purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Red
    Foliage Shade: 
    Red to Deep Purple
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade to Shade

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Grown for Foliage
    Hardiness Zones: 
    9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Landscapes and containers.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Cordyline is a grass-like plant. Where temperatures get colder than 15 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the spring. It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring.

    In areas where winter temperatures remain above 15 degrees it should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful. Evergreen or neutral grasses are usually plants that look like grasses but aren't actually classified as grasses, they are generally called grass-like plants.

    Divide evergreen or neutral grasses and grass-like plants in spring only.
    Evergreen grasses don't ever go dormant. Dividing plants wounds them to some degree. For evergreen grasses this wounding will really affect their ability to live through the winter.

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