Prince Albert Cabbage Palm Cordyline fruticosa
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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 HouseplantFoliage InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:TallGarden Height:36 - 48 InchesSpacing:24 - 36 InchesSpread:24 - 48 InchesFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Colors:PinkFoliage Shade:Deep Green and/or Bold Pink, based on light intensity.Habit:UprightContainer Role:ThrillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:SunThe 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:EasyBloom Time:Grown for FoliageHardiness Zones:9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11bWater Category:AverageUses:ContainerUses:LandscapeUses 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.
