Cordyline 'Little Red Star'

Low-maintenance treats that offer year-round interest
Just £24.98
2 x 17cm Pots - SKU: 680296
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Key Features

  • Introduce a splash of the Mediterranean to your garden with these Cordyline
  • Perfect container plants with a compact growth habit and a palm-like style
  • Little Red Star produces clusters of flowers in summer, followed by berries in autumn
  • Simple to grow shrubs that are low maintenance and hardy to withstand most winter conditions
  • Supplied as a set of two established plants in 17cm pots
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Description

Striking evergreen shrubs that are so easy to grow, yet boast architectural sword-like foliage in delightful shades.

Red-shaded Cordyline are always popular, thanks to the striking colour that lasts long in the memory. ‘Little Red Star’ is an evergreen perennial with red-bronze and cream-striped variegated pointed leaves that grow in circular clusters.

For added interest, clusters of tiny white flowers emerge in the summer months, which are brilliant for attracting pollinators and other beneficial insects. The show does not stop there however, as seasonal berries grow in the autumn.

A distinctive palm-like style and compact growth habit makes these great options for container planting, bringing character to patios and balconies.

Cordylines are known for being low-maintenance shrubs that add spiked accents to a range of displays. As the plants mature, tall and bare stems start to emerge to resemble trees, with spiked leaf tops.

Supplied as a pair of established plants in 17cm pots.

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

Planting Advice for 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 (6in) 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

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

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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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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