{"title":"Cordyline","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighteen listings sit here and the titles do not sort them the way cold does. Four are Cordyline australis, the New Zealand cabbage tree, hardy through frost, coastal wind and cold winters once established and where the ground drains. Five are titled Cordyline fruticosa, the tropical ti plants, and at least two more are ti plants under a trade name. One is the native palm lily. The other eight carry trade names, not species, and six of the eight carry a frost warning on their own product page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe cabbage trees are the hardy group\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-australis-red-star\"\u003eCordyline australis Red Star\u003c\/a\u003e goes into open ground in Hobart, Melbourne or on the tablelands, a bronze red rosette that slowly lifts onto a trunk. What kills it is wet airless soil at the roots: a plant looks fine for months, then goes soft at the base and topples inside a week. Plant high on a mound and break up any clay pan underneath. Colour deepens in full sun and washes towards green in shade. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-aust-black-knight\"\u003eBlack Knight\u003c\/a\u003e is the near black form. Torbay Dazzler, listed twice in different pot grades, is the cream striped one. Hot dry inland sun scorches those pale margins, so give it afternoon shade there, and cut all green shoots out at the base. Dead leaves hang on rather than dropping, so strip and bin them once or twice a year: the fibre will wrap a mower shaft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTi plants want warmth first, then filtered light\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-rubra\"\u003eCordyline fruticosa Rubra\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-negra\"\u003eNegra\u003c\/a\u003e are one species read two ways, bright burgundy red and near black. Frost blackens the foliage and a cold wet winter rots the cane at soil level, so from Melbourne, Canberra and the Adelaide Hills south these live in pots that move under cover. Warmth solved, light sets the colour: harsh afternoon sun bleaches it and burns crisp patches through the leaf that never recover. Aim for morning sun with shade after midday. Electric Flash and Red Chocolate are titled as named forms, and both are ti plants with the same cold limit. Wintering them is covered in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/tropical-garden-plants-for-cooler-districts\"\u003egetting a tropical look in cooler districts\u003c\/a\u003e, with more in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tropical-plants\"\u003etropical plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShade, and the green ones\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-stricta\"\u003eCordyline stricta\u003c\/a\u003e, the palm lily, is an eastern Australian rainforest plant, the one here that keeps its form in shade deep enough to make the coloured types stretch and fade. It takes light frost once established, but not a hard inland one, so in the coldest districts keep it in a pot. Mauve flower sprays open in spring, then dark berries that birds strip. In an open dry position the leaves yellow, the clump stops making new canes, and no fertiliser fixes that while the roots stay dry. Mass it at about three to the square metre so the canes read as a thicket. All parts of a cordyline are toxic to dogs and cats if chewed, berries included, worth weighing before massing it where a dog or a small child plays. The roots will not lift paving or split a pot. Kasper green is the other green one, a plain green form in 5L, no documented cultivar identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting back, pests and pot sizes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCordylines reshoot from a hard cut cane, but wait for warm weather, late spring through summer. A cane cut in the cold sits wet and rots back. Offcuts strike in damp mix. Mealybug and scale hide where the leaf wraps the cane, so look there when growth stalls or the foliage turns sticky. Snails chew through the emerging central spear, and that damage lasts the life of the leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine of the eighteen offer a 140mm pot. One listing starts at 100mm, the palm lily, and one runs up to 400mm. Six reach 300mm. None of the eight named forms is offered above a 250mm pot, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-electric-pink-pbr\"\u003eElectric Pink\u003c\/a\u003e is the one that reaches it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cordyline-aust-black-knight","title":"Cabbage Tree - Cordyline aust. Black Knight","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you have only grown the tropical cordylines, this one behaves quite differently. Cordyline australis is the New Zealand cabbage tree, a cool-climate plant that copes with frost, wind and coastal exposure, and Black Knight is a dark selection of it, with narrow arching strap leaves in deep purple through to near black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung plants sit as a dense fountain of foliage at ground level. With age a single trunk lifts the head clear and it reads as a small palm-like feature, which is how it works best, either repeated as a vertical through a border or standing alone in a large pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColour is strongest in full sun, and in part shade the leaves hold more bronze and green. Give it soil that drains, because a waterlogged crown is the one thing australis will not forgive. Old lower leaves brown off and hang on rather than dropping cleanly, so strip them by hand when the look starts to bother you. Evergreen, moderate growth, moderate water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 5L, priced from $17.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308678164849,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308678197617,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/K96Hb8sQakGu-48d_OndL_2YUqd9UO.jpg?v=1787627687"},{"product_id":"cordyline-australis-torbay-dazzler","title":"Cabbage Tree - Cordyline australis Torbay Dazzler","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cream and green striped form of the New Zealand cabbage tree, Torbay Dazzler brings light into a planting without needing a flower. Each leaf is edged in cream against a soft green centre, and the head catches low sun in a way the plain green form never does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is used as a vertical accent in coastal and cottage gardens, repeated along a fence line, or grown as a single potted specimen beside a door. Salt wind and cool winters are no trouble, but hot dry inland sun can scorch the pale margins, so some afternoon shade helps in those districts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo habits worth knowing. Damage or cut the growing point and the plant branches, giving several heads instead of one, which some gardeners do deliberately. And the occasional all-green shoot can appear; take it out at the base or it will outgrow the variegated growth. Evergreen, moderate rate, part shade to full sun. Delivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders from $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308680524145,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64308680556913,"sku":null,"price":32.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308680589681,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308680622449,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/JUJ1b28EaBNx4XQFutbEb_HizAo6wX.jpg?v=1787627758"},{"product_id":"cordyline-fruticosa-assorted","title":"Ti Plant - Cordyline fruticosa Assorted (Cordyline terminalis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder a shaded verandah in Cairns or Townsville the ti plant is a garden shrub; in Melbourne or Adelaide it is a houseplant beside a bright window. Cordyline fruticosa is the tropical cordyline, quite unlike the hardy New Zealand kinds, and it wants warmth, humidity and shelter from cold. This assorted line covers the colour range, so expect a mix of pink, red, cream and deep burgundy across broad glossy strap leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrown crisped leaf tips are the complaint we hear most about it. They come from dry indoor air, from letting the pot go bone dry between drinks, and from the fluoride in some town water. Rainwater and a pebble tray sort out most cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch for mites in still indoor air, and check the undersides of leaves monthly. A leggy stem can be cut back hard in warm weather and it will reshoot, and the offcut will strike in a glass of water. Colours are supplied at our selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $29.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308682162545,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308682195313,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308682228081,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308682260849,"sku":null,"price":37.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/0wXH2ua0sdQsuJaMB-Ptz_884HzeXi.jpg?v=1787627688"},{"product_id":"cordyline-fruticosa-rumba","title":"Ti Plant - Cordyline fruticosa Rumba (Cordyline terminalis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRumba is one of the compact, brightly coloured selections of the tropical ti plant, grown for the pink and red tones running through its strap foliage rather than for any flower. Colour is best in bright light without direct midday sun. A spot that is too dark turns the new leaves dull and green, while a hot western window bleaches and burns them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndoors it earns its keep in a 200mm or 250mm pot as an upright feature that stays neat instead of sprawling. Outdoors it is only reliable in frost-free subtropical and tropical gardens, in filtered light beneath taller planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep the mix moist but never sodden through the warm months and ease right off in winter, because cold wet roots do the real damage. Worth knowing before you buy: the foliage is toxic to cats and dogs if chewed, so place it accordingly. Evergreen, moderate growth, and it takes a hard cutback in spring if it goes tall and bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 250mm, priced from $35.95 to $59.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308685111665,"sku":null,"price":35.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308685144433,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/WDV015ZdTa-kNuea80I8h_LbS4quNB.jpg?v=1787627687"},{"product_id":"cordyline-fruticosa-willys-gold","title":"Ti Plant - Cordyline fruticosa Willys Gold (Cordyline terminalis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGive this one strong, filtered light and it will do what it was selected to do. Willys Gold is a golden variegated form of the tropical ti plant, with gold and lime streaking laid over green on broad strap leaves. In deep shade the gold washes out toward plain green; in unfiltered summer sun the pale tissue scorches and browns. The useful position is bright but sheltered, under an eave, in a shadehouse, or beneath a light canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt sits best against dark foliage. Planted or potted next to black taro, a philodendron or a burgundy cordyline, the gold reads as light rather than as a sick plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeed with a balanced controlled release fertiliser in spring, since heavy nitrogen pushes soft green growth at the expense of the variegation. Frost is the hard limit, so southern gardeners should treat it as an indoor or courtyard plant. We deliver to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA only, flat $99, minimum order $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 250mm, priced from $18.95 to $59.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308685537649,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308685570417,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/LGrTk7xfO6tZxgYuqs0c4_JufUaY8v.jpg?v=1787627688"},{"product_id":"cordyline-kasper-green","title":"Cordyline Kasper green","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowers list Kasper green simply as a green-leaved cordyline, and that is the honest description. The name moves around in the trade, so treat this as a plain green form rather than a documented cultivar with a fixed mature size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a green cordyline does well is structure. The upright fan of broad strap leaves gives a tropical or subtropical border its vertical line, and unlike the coloured forms it holds the background instead of competing with everything planted around it. Repeat it in threes down a fence line, or use it to break up a long run of low ground cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it in part shade to full sun with moderate steady water and free-draining soil improved with compost. Green forms take more direct sun than the pink and cream ones without marking up. Supplied here in 5 litre pots, which is a useful size for an immediate result rather than a three year wait. Evergreen, moderate growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308685603185,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/ApwL7cqRJsZlOLZBKzfVi_cRf1j4c3.jpg?v=1787627688"},{"product_id":"cordyline-torbay-dazzler","title":"Cabbage Tree - Cordyline Torbay dazzler","description":"\u003cp\u003eWondering how much room to leave one of these? More than the pot suggests. Torbay Dazzler is a variegated cabbage tree, and while it sits as a low rosette for the first few years, it eventually lifts onto a trunk and spreads a head of cream-striped arching leaves well beyond its base. Leave it a metre or more of clear space in a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplied in 5 litre pots, big enough to plant straight into the garden or to drop into a decorative container without a nervous waiting period. It transplants easily too, since the fleshy roots take disturbance better than most feature plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical notes. Old leaves die and hang rather than falling cleanly, and the leaf fibre is tough enough to wrap a mower shaft, so strip and bin them. Water it in properly over the first summer and it largely looks after itself afterwards in southern gardens. Evergreen, part shade to full sun, moderate water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $30.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308686291313,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Wn4dlUbqvQtiyamdq12EO_0zbTlpo5.jpg?v=1787627757"},{"product_id":"cordyline-stricta","title":"Palm Lily - Cordyline stricta","description":"\u003cp\u003ePalm lily grows as a slowly thickening clump of slim upright canes carrying narrow matt dark green leaves, an eastern Australian rainforest plant rather than a Pacific island one. Its distinctive quality is shade tolerance: it holds colour and form in light levels that make brighter cordylines stretch and fade. Sprays of small mauve flowers open in spring, followed by dark purple berries that birds strip. It is planted for vertical line in tight shaded spaces: under a deck, along a shaded wall, or in pots on a covered courtyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShade tolerance, and the trap of dry soil\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt suits warm temperate through subtropical gardens across the eastern seaboard and does well in Perth with shelter, taking light frost once established but not a hard inland one. Soil should be composted, mulched and holding moisture, and it takes to pots readily because the root system is not aggressive enough to lift paving or split a container. Mass it at around three plants to the square metre so the canes read as a thicket rather than a row of individuals, and let it grow into a soft screen where a hedge would be too heavy. The failure mode is an open dry position. In full sun with soil that dries between waterings the leaves yellow off, the plant looks permanently tired and the clump stops producing new canes, and no fertiliser corrects that while the roots stay dry. If you are putting it in sun, commit to irrigation and heavy mulch from the start. In shade it needs far less attention, which is the position it is really for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe green one in a coloured genus\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo not buy this expecting foliage colour. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-negra\"\u003eCordyline fruticosa Negra\u003c\/a\u003e gives you near black burgundy straps, but it needs warmth and good light to hold that colour and it will not do what stricta does in deep shade. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-australis-red-star\"\u003eRed Star\u003c\/a\u003e is the cold hardy trunk forming option for open sun and wind, and it goes backwards in the shaded courtyard where stricta thrives. Pick stricta when the position is dark, sheltered and narrow, and you want height, a tropical feel and a fine vertical line without colour or bulk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting canes back in warm weather\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanes go bare and leggy with age. Cut them back hard at any height you like during the warm months, from late spring through summer, and new shoots break from the old cane within a few weeks so the clump comes back thicker than it was. Stagger the cuts across a clump over two seasons rather than taking everything at once, which keeps the planting looking furnished while it recovers. Avoid cutting in cold weather, when regrowth stalls and cut canes can rot back. Feed in early spring and again in midsummer with a slow release fertiliser, and top up mulch at the same time. See more in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tropical-plants\"\u003etropical plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 100mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $109.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311360586097,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100mm","offer_id":64311360618865,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311360651633,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311360684401,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311360717169,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-stricta-cordyline-cordyline-stricta_28fdb5e8-4529-43c5-a54f-3ec8e3e82660.png?v=1785551646"},{"product_id":"cordyline-red-chocolate-pbr","title":"Cordyline Red Chocolate PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere a garden needs a jolt of dark colour rather than another green shrub, this earns its keep. Red Chocolate is a broad-leaved cordyline in the tropical ti group, carrying wide strappy leaves in deep maroon to almost chocolate-black, with newer growth usually brighter. Colour depends on light: too much shade and the leaves drift to a dull bronze-green, too much harsh western sun and the edges scorch, so morning sun with afternoon protection is the sweet spot in most gardens. Keep water up over summer and feed in the warm months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinction that matters is with Cordyline australis, the cabbage tree, which laughs at cold. This one does not. It wants frost-free conditions, so in Melbourne, Canberra or the tablelands it belongs in a pot that can be moved under cover, or hard against a warm sheltered wall. Older plants get leggy and shed their lower leaves; cut the cane back hard in spring and it reshoots from below, and the cut piece strikes easily in a pot of mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $17.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311417143665,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/veD1U-pW0vvKe2XLKOtDG_1uzLERRV.jpg?v=1787629429"},{"product_id":"cordyline-electric-flash-pbr","title":"Cordyline Electric Flash PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eColour is the whole point with this one. Electric Flash is a Cordyline fruticosa type, so expect broad, glossy strappy leaves held in a loose head on an upright cane, carrying the bright pink and cream striping the group is grown for. That colour is light dependent: too much deep shade and the markings wash out toward plain green, too much raw afternoon sun in an inland summer and the leaf edges scorch. Morning sun with shelter from the hottest part of the day is the sweet spot, which is why it does so well on a covered patio or in a large pot that can be shifted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep water up through summer and let the mix drain freely, because cordylines sulk in cold, sodden potting mix over winter. They are frost tender, so in cooler districts treat this as a container plant that can move under cover. Watch for mealybug in the leaf axils and spider mite in dry indoor air. Gardeners often mistake cordylines for dracaenas; the giveaway is the fleshy, creeping white roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $30.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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It is planted as a feature through warm coastal and subtropical gardens, massed under palms and frangipanis, and grown in pots on covered patios everywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGetting the red right\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight drives the colour. Part shade and morning sun keep the red rich and the leaf broad, and brighter light deepens it further, so a well lit position is worth chasing. The failure most people hit is scorch. In a hot dry inland garden, or against a west facing wall, harsh afternoon sun bleaches the colour out and burns crisp patches through the middle of the leaf that never recover, and it can happen in a single February afternoon. Filtered light, or sun until midday and shade after it, is the position to aim for. Soil should be rich, composted, mulched and free draining, kept moist through summer. Being tropical, it wants warmth with humidity behind it: coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales suit it in the ground, and a sheltered Sydney or Perth courtyard will hold it as long as the hot afternoon sun is kept off, while further south it belongs in a pot that moves under cover before winter. On potted plants, crisp brown leaf tips are usually fluoride and salt building up from tap water and fertiliser, so flush the pot with a long slow soak every few months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRubra or Negra\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts opposite number is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-negra\"\u003eCordyline fruticosa Negra\u003c\/a\u003e, the near black selection of the same species, with identical culture and the same intolerance of cold. Rubra is the one to choose when the colour has to be visible from across the garden or against a dark fence, where Negra sinks into the background and stops working. Negra is the better pick inside a bright busy scheme that needs depth and weight. Neither of them holds colour in a dim indoor corner, which is where most potted ti plants are lost. Where the position is shaded and cool rather than bright and warm, neither holds up, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-stricta\"\u003eCordyline stricta\u003c\/a\u003e is the green leafed clumping alternative that genuinely enjoys those conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting back leggy canes and feeding\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld canes go bare at the bottom and lean out of the pot or the bed. Cut them back hard in late spring or early summer while the weather is warm, taking them to whatever height suits the planting, and they reshoot from below within weeks. The offcuts strike easily in damp mix, so one leggy plant becomes several. Feed through the growing season with a slow release fertiliser in spring topped up in midsummer, or liquid feed monthly for plants in pots, and ease right off through winter. Repot every couple of years into fresh mix. More options in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow maintenance\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 125mm up to 400mm, priced from $16.95 to $199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It makes a dense spray of narrow burgundy leaves that curve outwards and hang, so it reads more like a weeping grass than a palm lily. That shape is why it works spilling over the rim of a large pot, on a wall top, at the corner of a deck, or repeated along a raised bed where an upright cordyline would look stiff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes anything from part shade to full sun. More light gives you deeper wine tones, while heavy shade pushes the leaf towards a muddy bronze-green. Keep water moderate and the mix free draining, especially in pots, where a heavy potting mix left standing in a saucer will rot the crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo habits keep it looking good. Pull the spent leaves away from the centre rather than letting them collect, because that litter is where slugs and rot start, and site it out of a constant drying wind, which shreds and browns the leaf tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, at $24.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311490085233,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/7ZNY31heakolC9wIlMFsT_CKqSUv1v.jpg?v=1787629933"},{"product_id":"cordyline-australis-red-star","title":"Cabbage Tree - Cordyline australis Red Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed Star begins as a spiky rosette of narrow bronze red leaves and slowly lifts itself onto a thickening woody trunk, branching into several heads as it ages. Unlike the tropical ti plants it sits beside on the bench, this is a New Zealand species from cool open country, and it takes frost, coastal wind and cold winters without flinching, provided the ground it is standing in drains. It is used as a vertical accent in exposed coastal gardens, in cold southern districts and in large pots either side of an entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDrainage decides whether it lives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardiness is not the issue with this plant. It grows in Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, the tablelands and right on a salt exposed foreshore, and it holds its colour through conditions that flatten the coloured cordylines. Give it full sun for the strongest bronze red, since leaf colour washes towards green in shade and the rosette opens out and loses its shape. Ordinary soil suits it and rich soil is not wanted. In a garden bed set it high, on a mound or a raised area, and break up any clay pan underneath before planting. The failure mode is wet airless soil at the roots. It shows as sudden collapse, a plant that looks fine for months and then goes soft at the base and topples inside a week, and it gets blamed on disease when the cause is drainage. Potted plants die the same way from a saucer left standing full of water. Water deeply when the soil is dry and then leave it alone, and never plant it into a low spot that collects runoff from a downpipe or a driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRed Star or the tropical ti plants\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant it gets shelved next to is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-rubra\"\u003eCordyline fruticosa Rubra\u003c\/a\u003e, which has broad soft burgundy leaves, wants humidity and warmth, and has no frost tolerance at all. If your garden gets frost, Red Star is the one that survives outdoors and Rubra is the one that needs a pot and a roof over winter. For shaded courtyards and under decks, where Red Star loses colour and stretches towards the light, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-stricta\"\u003eCordyline stricta\u003c\/a\u003e is the better fit, with slim canes and matt green leaves that hold form in low light. Choose Red Star for open sun, wind, cold, and a trunk in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStripping the skirt and feeding\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no conventional pruning. Old leaves die and hang on in a skirt rather than dropping cleanly, which shelters snails and looks scruffy, so pull them off by hand once or twice a year, ideally in late winter and again after summer. Cutting the trunk back in spring forces multiple heads if you want a branched shape sooner, and the cut stem callouses over quickly in warm weather. Feed sparingly with a slow release fertiliser in early spring, since rich feeding produces soft green growth and weakens the colour. Repot potted specimens every few years into a coarse free draining mix. More easy plants in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow maintenance\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 130mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311490118001,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311490150769,"sku":null,"price":20.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311490183537,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311490216305,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311490249073,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311490281841,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd17-293-red-star-cordyline-cordyline-australis-red_816bf9ea-3f68-4c29-b340-49a2769ad224.png?v=1785552029"},{"product_id":"cordyline-caruba-black-tm","title":"Cordyline Caruba Black TM","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgainst a rendered wall, pale paving or a run of green tropical foliage, near-black leaves do something no flower can. Caruba Black carries broad, strappy, deeply glossy leaves at the darkest purple-black end of the cordyline range, held in an upright rosette on a slowly lengthening cane. The colour is the whole reason to plant it, and being evergreen it stays with you year round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it part shade through to full sun. Colour deepens with more light, but hot, dry, exposed positions scorch the leaf tips and edges. Moderate, consistent water and a mulched, free-draining soil suit it, and growth is steady rather than rushed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMealybug hides deep in the leaf bases. Check there first when growth stalls or leaves turn sticky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrost damages the foliage, so in cold districts keep it in a movable pot or under eaves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf the cane goes leggy and bare below, cut it back. Cordylines reshoot readily from the stem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 170mm, priced from $16.95 to $24.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? 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Bright filtered light, or morning sun with afternoon shelter, gives the best result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a container plant as much as a garden one. Use a free draining mix, keep it evenly moist through summer without letting the pot stand in a saucer of water, and move containers under cover if frost is likely where you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld lower leaves yellow and hang down. Pull them off with a downward tug rather than cutting them, which leaves a stub on the stem. Snails chew holes through the emerging central spear, and that damage stays visible for the life of the leaf, so deal with them early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311496311153,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/91Nx0k-5QXyJ6IbWpaRz_kt0IFshH.jpg?v=1787629998"},{"product_id":"cordyline-fruticosa-negra","title":"Ti Plant - Cordyline fruticosa Negra (Cordyline terminalis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNegra carries broad strap shaped leaves in a burgundy so deep it reads as black in good light, held in a head on a slim upright cane that lifts as the plant ages. That darkness is the whole point of it. Designers use Negra as the anchor in a tropical planting, the note that stops a bed of bright green, lime and variegated foliage reading flat, and it does the same job in a large pot beside a pool or a shaded entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWarmth first, then light\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Cordyline fruticosa, a genuinely tropical Pacific species, not the tough cabbage tree it gets shelved beside. The failure mode is cold. A frost blackens the foliage, a cold wet winter rots the cane at soil level, and a plant that has been happy all summer in a Melbourne, Canberra or Adelaide Hills garden bed will not be there in spring. South of the subtropics, grow it in a pot you can move under cover, into a warm courtyard or indoors near bright light for the winter, and bring it back out once nights warm up. Where warmth is not the problem, light sets the colour. Morning sun or bright filtered light keeps the burgundy at its richest, while deep shade dulls it towards a muddy green and stretches the cane between leaves. Soil wants to be rich, mulched and free draining, kept moist through the warm months and much drier over winter. All parts are toxic to dogs and cats if chewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNegra beside Rubra\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe direct comparison is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-fruticosa-rubra\"\u003eCordyline fruticosa Rubra\u003c\/a\u003e, the same species in a brighter burgundy red that catches light rather than absorbing it. Rubra reads as a colour from across a garden; Negra reads as a shadow, and against dark timber or a charcoal wall it can disappear altogether, so give it a pale background, a light gravel or bright foliage around it. Use Negra where a planting is already busy with colour and needs weight; use Rubra where the plant itself has to be the point of interest. If the site is frosty and the plant must stay in the ground year round, neither belongs there and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cordyline-australis-red-star\"\u003eRed Star\u003c\/a\u003e is the hardy substitute, though it is spikier and much narrower in the leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting back, feeding and pests\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut leggy canes back hard in late spring or early summer, once nights are warm, and the stump reshoots from lower down while the offcuts strike easily in a pot of damp mix. Do not prune heading into winter, when cut canes sit wet and rot. Feed monthly through the warm months with a liquid fertiliser, or apply a slow release fertiliser in spring and again in midsummer, then stop once growth slows in autumn. Check the leaf axils regularly for mealybug and scale, which hide down where the leaf wraps the cane. More in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tropical-plants\"\u003etropical plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 125mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? 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Raspberry Fountain carries narrow, arching leaves in raspberry and pink toned shades, building a soft fountain like clump rather than a stiff upright column. Morning sun with shelter from the worst of the afternoon usually gives the strongest colour; deep shade pushes the foliage towards dull green, and harsh western sun scorches leaf edges on a hot day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModerate, even watering keeps it looking its best, and it resents drying out completely in a pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a tropical plant at heart, so cold snaps and frost will mark the foliage. In cooler southern gardens it is much easier in a container that can be shifted under cover or onto a protected patio for winter. Check the leaf joints for mealybug and scale, particularly on plants grown indoors or under eaves where rain never washes them. Sold in 170mm, a useful size for a decorative pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, at $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311512105329,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/2wYbLW1zjjr4qZF7mIN-j_nJqTF8LX.jpg?v=1787630241"},{"product_id":"cordyline-electric-pink-pbr","title":"Cordyline Electric Pink PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing about this cordyline is subtle. Electric Pink carries broad, arching, strap-shaped leaves in deep burgundy edged with a hot pink margin that intensifies in strong light, on an upright evergreen habit that lifts colour to eye level as the stem clears with age. It is a foliage plant first and last, used where a garden needs a vertical note between softer greens, or where a pot by a doorway has to carry colour all year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart shade and full sun both work, but they give different results. More sun means stronger pink margins and a tighter plant, while shade produces longer, greener, floppier leaves. Keep water moderate and drainage good, since the crown will rot if the plant sits cold and wet through winter. Pots make it easy to shift under eaves in a frosty district, because hard frost marks the foliage. Old leaves pull down and off cleanly rather than being cut halfway. Available in 250mm and 5lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 250mm, priced from $35.95 to $63.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? 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