Does Cordyline Australis Flower

Although grown for their foliage, Cordylines do flower. In mid-summer an enormous and slightly preposterous spray of small white flowers is produced followed by little round red or purple berries. The leaves of a Cordyline grow in a rosette circling the central stem.

Should I let my Cordyline flower?

Should I cut off the flower head to keep the colour in the leaves? A. Flowering and fruiting is part of the natural growth cycle of cordylines, a lot of the plants nutrition is used in the flowering phase. If the flower head is removed early it will short-circuit the growth cycle and stimulate new stem and leaf growth.

Do Cordylines have a red star flower?

It produces impressive panicles of small, sweetly scented white flowers in late spring to early summer, on mature plants. Often seen as a specimen gracing a terrace or deck, it is also well-suited to both traditional and contemporary planting schemes.