Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Kinsale, Co. Cork |
Cabbage-palm Cordyline australis Family: Agavaceae Flowering June. Evergreen shrub or small tree. Garden escape. Large heads of small creamy-white flowers produced by mature plants. Seeds freely. Long, narrow leaves in rosettes at the top of each stem. Single stem, dividing into much-branched crown with age. Stem develops into leafless trunk, can reach 10-15m. Hardy in mild, coastal areas. Frequently planted in gardens and amenity areas and an increasing garden escape self-sown in pavement cracks and on waste ground. |
Cabbage-palm, Cordyline australis
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