Cordyline banksii Electric Star ('Sprilecstar'PBR)
cabbage palm [Electric Star]
A palm-like shrub or small tree, with a freely clumping habit and colourful, upright to arching, strap-shaped leaves with dark purple-brown centres, bright green margins and orange midribs. In late spring and early summer, mature plants produce a mass of tiny creamy-white flowers
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Size
Ultimate height
1.5–2.5 metresTime to ultimate height
5–10 yearsUltimate spread
1–1.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
Spring | White Cream | Purple Brown Green Orange Variegated | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Summer | White Cream | Purple Brown Green Orange Variegated | ||
Autumn | Purple Brown Green Orange Variegated | |||
Winter | Purple Brown Green Orange Variegated |
Position
- Full sun
- Partial shade
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Exposed or ShelteredDrought resistance
Yes Hardiness
H3Botanical details
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Genus
Cordyline are palm-like evergreen shrubs or tree-like perennials, with rosettes or tufts of linear or anrrowly lance-shaped, leathery leaves, and terminal panicles of fragrant, cup-shaped flowers followed by small. spherical berries
- Name status
Trade
How to grow
Cultivation
Under glass, grow in pots of peat-free, loam-based potting compost with full light. Water moderately while in growth and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly; water sparingly in winter. Outdoors, grow in a warm, south-facing position and provide winter protection; wrap with biodegradable horticultural fleece or bring containers inside if very cold weather is forecast. See cordyline cultivation for further information
Propagation
Propagate by stem cuttings or by removing and re-potting well-rooted offsets in spring
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- Architectural
- City and courtyard gardens
- Coastal
- Patio and container plants
- Sub-tropical
- Low Maintenance
- Conservatory and greenhouse
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
May be susceptible to mealybugs, scale insects and red spider mites when grown under glass
Diseases
May be susceptible to cordyline slime flux and honey fungus (rarely)
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