Collection: Cordyline

Cordyline australis, the cabbage palm, gives a pot or a border a spiky, architectural shape all year. It's low maintenance and copes with drought and seaside gardens.

It isn't reliably hardy everywhere in Britain. It's fine in mild, coastal and southern gardens, but a hard frost inland can cut it back or kill it, so give it a sheltered spot.

It's sold young for patio pots but eventually makes a small tree of 4 metres or more. Ours include 'Charlie Boy', 'Peko', 'Red Star' and variegated 'Torbay Dazzler'.

Plant from April to June. Grown peat-free in Yorkshire.

For planting and care, read our guide on how to grow cordyline.