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Calypso Queen Cabbage Palm Cordyline fruticosa

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
4' 4' 1.2m 1.2m
Height: 3' - 4'
Spread: 2' - 4'
Height: 91cm - 1.2m
Spread: 61cm - 1.2m
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  • Details

    36 - 48 Inches
    24 - 36 Inches
    24 - 48 Inches
    91cm - 1.2m
    61cm - 91cm
    61cm - 1.2m

    Features

    The colorful foliage of this tropical plant makes it an outstanding plant to provide color indoors and outside. It is an annual in most areas, but will be perennial in zones 9-11.

    Adaptable As Houseplant
    Foliage Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Tall
    Garden Height: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Spacing: 
    24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm
    Spread: 
    24 - 48 Inches 61cm - 1.2m
    Foliage Colors: 
    Red
    Foliage Shade: 
    Red that ages to Burgundy
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    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: 

    Use in containers by itself or as the thriller in large recipe combinations and in the landscape.

    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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