Cordyline Chocolate Mint - 2ltr pot
£10.00
ordyline australis 'Chocolate Mint'
This ornamental shrub, also known as the New Zealand cabbage palm, adds a tropical feel to gardens and patios. It features slender, sword-like leaves with mint-green blades and distinctive chocolate-burgundy stripes running down the center.
Plant characteristics
- Foliage: Long, slender, variegated leaves with chocolate-burgundy stripes over a mint-green background.
- Size: Can grow up to 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, making it a dramatic feature plant in gardens or containers.
- Flowers: When mature, it produces panicles of fragrant, ivory-white flowers in the summer that attract bees.
- Sunlight: Thrives in full sun to partial shade.
- Hardiness: Evergreen in mild climates, but tender and may need frost protection in colder areas.
- Tolerances: Once established, it is relatively drought-tolerant and can withstand salty, coastal winds.
- Common uses: Used as an architectural focal point in a garden, as a container plant, or for a Mediterranean garden feel.