Cordylines are mainly grown as foliage plants and a huge variety are readily available for sale online. These have become a ‘must have’ landscape plant, colorful foliage and versatile they are a fantastic addition to the garden.
Foliage colours are becoming much more diverse, red, pink and many striped forms. In Australia Queensland is the ideal climate, however these popular plants will also grow well as far south as Melbourne.
With a range of sizes and foliage colours available they are a versatile plant for use in landscaping situations.
Yes you can buy Cordylines online, they are a relatively easy plant to send by post.
Cordylines Species and varieties
Species and cultivars include Cordyline australis, Rubra, Red Star, Red Sensation, Stricta, Red Fountain and Fruticosa.
Cultivars such as C. fruticosa Gold Edge compacta pictured above are becoming increasingly popular.
These are increasingly popular with both landscapers and in the home garden. Great planted in a lightly shaded warm spot where they provide great colour, foliage ranges from green through orange and red to pink along with variegated forms.
Cordyline varieties,include a variety of growth types; tall, medium, low and miniature. The attractive Red Cordyline ‘Red Star’ will grow to 2m ‘Cordyline australis’ will grow to 8m.
- The Pink variety ‘Pink Diamond’ is a popular cultivar as in ‘Pink Sensation’.
- Chocolate colored cordylines (really a very dark red) are also popular, look for ‘Chocolate Queen’
- Black varieties such as Cordyline ‘Negra’ and ‘Black Magic’ are other very dark foliaged cultivars
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Cordyline Plants are available for sale from the following online nurseries
601 Sunnyholt Road Parklea NSW 2768
Parklea Pots and Plants are affordable, open 7 days and have everything you need for your garden - of any size!. Pots, plants, water features, fruit trees, hedging, potting mix and more.
Opening hours 7 days a week from 8:30am to 5pm
www.potsandplants.com.au
685 Mickleham Rd, GreenVale,Vic 3059
Grass trees, palms, ferns, bromeliads, cycads, cordylines, yucca, bannanas, birds of paradise, succulents, dracaenas, ponytails, for all gardens sizes from small to large landscaped gardens. Advanced Date Palms available.
www.palmnursery.com.au/index.htm
Online and Retail Melbourne and Geelong based garden centres. Check out their large range of indoor and outdoor plants, Australian Natives, Fruit Trees and Edibles, Succulents, Gardenias, Camellias, Hydrangeas plus a full range garden products for delivery in Melbourne.
www.diacos.com.au
52 Rodd St Canowindra NSW 2804
An online nursery specialising in drought and frost tolerant perennials and fragrant, edible and herbs.
www.perennialle.com.au
470 Monbulk-Silvan Road Monbulk VIC 3793
"Guaranteed mail order flowering bulbs, perennials, roses, trees, landscaping plants, garden accessories and community fundraising Austra lia-wide."
www.gardenexpress.com.au
357 Monbulk Road SILVAN VIC 3795
Guaranteed "garden worthy" bulbs, plants and perennials. Visit the website to browse our large range of daffodils or request the latest free catalogue.
www.tesselaar.net.au