Common name: Cabbage Palm

Description: Cordyline australis 'Torbay Dazzler' is a beautifully variegated cabbage palm producing long, arching green leaves with bold cream margins and faint pink-red striping at the base, creating a bright, cheerful appearance throughout the year. This popular variety forms a dramatic palm-like stem as it matures and brings a striking, exotic quality to patio containers and garden borders. It is reliably hardy across most of the UK and performs especially well in coastal gardens.

Other benefits: year-round variegated foliage, architectural form, coastal tolerant

Wildlife attraction: bees and insects are attracted to flowers on mature plants

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 2m x 1m

Position: full sun to partial shade

Soil pH: neutral to slightly alkaline

Moisture: well-drained; drought tolerant once established

Winter hardiness: cold hardy to -8°C