Botanical Name: Common Names:
Cordyline terminalis Peles Smoke Cabbage Tree, Cabbage Plant,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Grasses, Strappy & Tufting, Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plants, Palms, Ferns & Tropical, Shrubs Tufting, Upright
Description:
Cordylines are an excellent architectural plant for that tropical look around pools and in narrow gardens. These elegant fast growing plants will thrive in a full sun to part shade position and will brighten any dull spot of the garden. Cordylines have year round appeal that require little maintenance. Peles Smoke has very broad green and charcoal striped leaves.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade, Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plant, Mass Planting, Shady Garden, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Native Garden, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Liquid feed
Family Name: Origin:
Asparagaceae PacificIslands
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Grey, Variegated
Flower Colour: Cream
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Spring
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Tender
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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