festival raspberry cordyline
Cordyline australis
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size6 to 15 feet tall3 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green, red/burgundy
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Festival raspberry cordyline (Cordyline australis) is an evergreen plant for borders, containers, and accents. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Fragrant white flowers open in early to late spring and early to late summer, and bees visit them. It sits low on the menu for deer. The plant is drought tolerant and salt tolerant.
Pairs well with Vetiver, Black Knight butterfly bush, and Creme de Cassis dahlia.
Native range
South America.