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Cordyline australis 'Red Star' plants with fabulous dark red-purple foliage.

Cordyline Red Star

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Cordyline 'Red Star' is a popular evergreen plant renowned for its striking, deep red, sword-like leaves, which add a strong architectural form to New Zealand gardens. It grows to around 2 metres tall and forms a clumping habit, making it ideal for borders, containers, or as a feature plant. 'Red Star' thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained soil. Hardy and low-maintenance, it tolerates light frosts and coastal conditions with ease.

From $20.58

Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Flaxes
Height: 2.50 m
Spread: 1.20 m
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy, Shade
Garden uses: Containers, Living areas, Parks, Pool areas, Screening, Specimen
Garden styles: Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, Native, Tropical
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Cordyline Torbay Dazzler

Cordyline Torbay Dazzler is a variety of Cabbage Tree grown for its striking foliage and great form. The strap-like leaves are variegated with cream and green stripes, with new foliage emerging a prominent cream colour. It typically grows to 2.5 m tall and 1.5 m wide. Cordyline Torbay Dazzler makes a lovely specimen and is commonly planted in clusters, added to tropical gardens, included in mixed plantings, used to line a driveway or entrance, planted to soften a bland wall, or maintained in a container.

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Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Shrubs
Height: 2.50 m
Spread: 1.50 m
Flowering time: Summer
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy
Garden uses: Containers, Living areas, Parks, Ponds, Pool areas, Screening, Specimen
Garden styles: Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, Tropical
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Cordyline Lime Fountain (Lime Fountain Cordyline)

Cordyline Lime Foutain is a stunning, ornamental grass that features lime green leaves that cascade like a fountain from this clump forming plant. It...

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Cordyline australis trees growing as a cluster.

Cordyline australis

Cordyline australis, also known as the Cabbage Tree or tī kōuka, is a hardy and iconic New Zealand native. It features long, sword-like green leaves...

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Cordyline Electric Star

Cordyline Electric Star is a hybrid variety of cabbage tree that features narrow leaves that are chocolate and green. It typically grows with an...

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Cordyline Black Beauty

Cordyline ‘Black Beauty’ is a dramatic evergreen shrub admired for its striking dark purple-black foliage. Perfect for adding bold contrast and...

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Cordyline 'Broadsword' plants for sale at The Plant Company nursery.

Cordyline Broadsword

Cordyline 'Broadsword' is a smaller variety of the commonly known Cabbage Tree, and features broad, bright green leaves held on a small tree. It...

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Bright and cheerful Cordyline 'Can Can' foliage.

Cordyline Can Can

Cordyline 'Can Can' is a colourful variety of the commonly known Cabbage Tree, and features pink and red variegated leaves. It grows to a height of...

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Cordyline 'Green Goddess' small trees.

Cordyline Green Goddess

Cordyline 'Green Goddess' is a smaller variety of the commonly known Cabbage Tree, featuring long, sword-like, lime-green leaves held on a small...

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Phormium tenax plant in a garden with green foliage.

Phormium tenax

Phormium tenax, commonly known as the NZ flax or Harakeke, is a flax plant that produces erect, green, sword-like leaves. Stems rise above the...

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A large Phormium 'Jester' plant with colourful foliage.

Phormium Jester

Phormium 'Jester' is a showy variety of Flax that produces leaves that are striped with a broad, pink central band and a dark purple border. This...

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Phormium Purple Haze (Purple Flax Plant)

Phormium Purple Haze is a variety of Flax that produces long and broad, dark purple leaves. It grows with a tidy and compact habit to about 1.1 m...

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Cordyline 'Jade Fountain' plant.

Cordyline Jade Fountain

Cordyline Jade Fountain is a smaller variety of the commonly known, Cabbage Tree, and features long, sword like, lime green leaves held on a small...

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Dianella Blaze

Dianella Blaze features broad and gently arching, bronze-purple leaves that are very showy. It typically grows to 70 cm tall and the same wide...

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Phormium Moonraker (Moonraker Flax)

Phormium Moonraker is a variety of Flax that produces cream and green leaves, and grows with a tidy and compact habit to about 75 cm tall and the...

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A large and colourful Phormium cookianum 'Purpurea' plant.

Phormium cookianum purpurea

Phormium cookianum 'Purpurea' is a variety of Flax with long, sword-like, purple leaves. This variety typically grows to 1.5 m tall and the same...

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Phormium cookianum (Mountain Flax, Wharariki) plants in a native garden.

Phormium cookianum

Phormium cookianum, commonly known as Mountain Flax or Wharariki, is a graceful New Zealand native valued for its arching green leaves and tall...

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Dianella tasmanica (Tasman Flax Lily) plants with green foliage and blue flowers.

Dianella tasmanica

Dianella tasmanica, commonly known as the Tasman Flax Lily, produces upright, strap-like leaves which are a rich, dark green and have a lush...

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Dianella Goddess

Dianella Goddess is a variety of the commonly known, NZ Flax Lily, and produces upright, strap-like leaves which are a rich, dark green with a blue...

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Phormium Veneer

Phormium Veneer is a colourful and very popular NZ native flax that features striking orange and brown stripes. It grows as a very tidy clump to...

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Phormium Stripy Mist

Phormium Stripy Mist is a popular NZ native dwarf flax that features striking green leaves with a chocolate brown centre. It grows as a very tidy...

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Phormium 'Rainbow Queen' flax plants for sale at The Plant Company nursery.

Phormium Rainbow Queen

Phormium 'Rainbow Queen' is a variety of Flax that produces long, sword-like leaves that are bronze-green with pink-red margins. This variety...

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Phormium Surfer Bronze

Phormium Surfer Bronze is a Flax variety that features chocolate brown leaves with a hint of olive green. It grows to 60 cm tall and wide in full sun...

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Dianella Breeze

Dianella Breeze, commonly known as Turutu, features spikes that carry delicate, blue flowers in spring. These are held neatly above the dark green...

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Phormium Chocomint

Phormium Chocomint is a popular variety of Flax owing to its colourful foliage which brown with green stripes. It grows to 1 m tall and wide in full...

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Phormium Rainbow Maiden

Phormium Rainbow Maiden is a variety of Flax that produces long leaves that are dark pink with a dark red-brown margin. This variety typically grows...

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Dianella Wyeena

Dianella Wyeena is renowned for its variegated foliage which are dark green with a cream-coloured margin. This NZ Flax Lily grows as a tidy clump to...

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Phormium Velvet Underground

Phormium Velvet Underground is a colourful NZ native flax that features striking grey foliage with pink stripes. It grows as a very tidy clump to...

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Phormium Apricot Queen

Phormium Apricot Queen is a variety of Flax that produces apricot and yellow leaves with a green margin. It grows to 1.3 m tall and the same wide in...

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Phormium Platts Black with black leaves in a garden.

Phormium Platts Black

Phormium Platts Black is a variety of Flax that produces long and broad, sword-like leaves that are coloured chocolate-black. This variety typically...

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Phormium 'Yellow Wave' plants in a mixed planting.

Phormium Yellow Wave

Phormium 'Yellow Wave' is a Flax that produces yellow, sword-like leaves. It grows to 1.2 m tall and wide in full sun on a well-drained site. This...

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Large Black Rage Phormium in a garden with black foliage.

Phormium Black Rage (Black Flax)

Phormium Black Rage is a dwarf Flax that produces smoky, dark grey foliage. It grows to 80 cm tall and the same wide in full sun on a well-drained...

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