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Cordyline indivisa (Cabbage Palm, Blue Dacaena)

Evergreen palm-like shrub with woody stems often clustering. Leaves are stiff, long sword shaped. Flowers are off white or lavender. Fruit are rounded purple berries. It prefers full sun and well drained soil but can resist some shade and even drought and salt. Can be planted in container as indoor plants or outside as a specimen.

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  • Horticulture Management
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  • Pronunciation: kor-di-LY-nee in-dee-VEE-suh

  • Plant type: Tree

  • Origin: New Zealand

  • Heat Zones: 10 to 12

    Hardiness Zones: 9 to 10

  • Uses: Specimen, Indoor, Container, Wildlife

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Moderate

    Tree Shape: Round

    Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

    Canopy Density: Dense

    Canopy Texture: Coarse

    Height at Maturity: 3 to 5 m

    Spread at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 meters

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  • Foliage

    Leaf Arrangement : Spiral

    Leaf Venation: Parallel

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Simple

    Leaf Blade: 30 - 50

    Leaf Shape: Linear

    Leaf Margins: Entire

    Leaf Texture: Rough

    Leaf Scent: Unpleasant

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: Yes

    Flower Scent: Pleasant

    Flower Color: Purple, White

  • Trunk

    Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage

    Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked

  • Fruit

    Fruit Showiness: Yes

    Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

    Fruit Color: Purple

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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: Yes

    Drought Tolerance: No

    Salt Tolerance: Poor

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

    Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic

    Water Requirements: Moderate

    Light Requirements: Full, Part, Shade

  • Management

    Invasive Potential: No

    Pruning Requirements: No pruning at all

    Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: No

    Surface Rooting: No

    Life Span: Less than 25

    Plant Propagation: Cutting, Division

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