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Cordyline 'Little Red Star'

Add a touch of class and intrigue to any garden with this striking evergreen shrub.

Offering up a feel of the tropics, this easy-to-grow architectural variety is instantly recognisable for…

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Description

Add a touch of class and intrigue to any garden with this striking evergreen shrub.

Offering up a feel of the tropics, this easy-to-grow architectural variety is instantly recognisable for its long, arching sword-like foliage typically growing from single stems.

Red Cordyline varieties are always popular, owing to a striking colour and shape. ‘Red Star’ is an evergreen perennial that features long pointed red-bronze leaves that grow in circular clusters.

For added interest, ‘Red Star’ blooms with clusters of tiny white flowers in the warm summer months, which are brilliant for attracting friendly pollinators. The show does not stop there however, as berries grow in the autumn.

A distinctive palm-like style and compact growth habit make this a great option for container planting to bring character to patios and balconies.

Cordylines are known for being a low-maintenance shrub that bring spiked accents to garden displays. As the plant matures, tall and bare stems start to prominently emerge to resemble trees, with spiked leaf tops.

Supplied as one established plant in a 9cm pot.

Top Tips
Top dress the pots with stones to enhance the architectural look
Care Information

Planting Advice for your Cordyline:

  • Shrub roots generally tend to spread out rather than down, so dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill once the shrub is in place.
  • Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots and add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
  • Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot and refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
  • Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water in well.
  • Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
  • If you’re planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast.
  • Use the best compost you can buy such as our premium professional compost along with some sand or grit for drainage.

Aftercare Advice:

  • Water plants freely during the growing season, and sparingly in winter.
  • Feed monthly with a balanced, liquid fertiliser from spring to late summer.
  • Top-dress or pot up in spring.
  • Although frost hardy, young Cordyline plants, and also coloured varieties are more prone to cold damage.
  • This can be prevented by tying up the foliage to reduce wind damage and prevent water collecting around growing points and causing rotting.
  • In areas prone to severe winters, wrap the trunk with layers of fleece and place a 15cm layer of mulch, such as bark, over the root area.
  • Move container grown plants to a frost-free location, such as a greenhouse, during periods of cold or wet weather - temporary shelter in a shed or garage will do.

Pruning Advice:

  • Pruning is not normally necessary, just remove any dead or damaged leaves with a sharp pair of secateurs.
Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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Easy

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