🌱
Image coming soon
Growing Inspiration
Inspiration for future Agardeni growing environments.
ornamentalFamily: AsparagaceaeGenus: Australis
Cultivar
Red Star Cabbage Palm
Australis 'Red Star'
Cultivar: Red Star
Cordyline australis 'Red Star' is a dramatic, upright ornamental known for its dramatic, sword-shaped leaves in shades of deep reddish-bronze. It matures into a palm-like form with a sturdy, woody stem, making it a favorite for adding vertical structure to patio pots or garden borders. This variety thrives in sunny locations and adds a consistent, year-round color presence to tropical or temperate gardens.
Red Star Cabbage Palm is an striking architectural accent plant known for its deep bronze-red, sword-like foliage. It provides a bold, tropical feel to containers or warm-climate landscape designs.
Marketplace packs coming soon
Current nursery inventory and 18 / 36 / 72 pricing will appear here when available.
Cultivar Story
Start with Inspiration. Grow Your Aspiration.
📦
Image coming soon
Marketplace Plant
A realistic representation of the starter plants offered in 18, 36, and 72 plant quantities.
🌿
Image coming soon
Aspirational Garden
Grow your aspirational plan into an inspirational garden.
🍓
Image coming soon
Plant Detail
A closer look at the fruit, flower, foliage, or mature defining characteristics of this cultivar.
🪴
Image coming soon
Repotting / Start Growing
Begin with a starter plant and establish it in a larger pot using quality potting soil with beneficials and fertilizer.
✨
Image coming soon
Start · Plan · Grow
Start with real plants. Plan with current marketplace availability. Grow your aspirational garden.
Cultivar Video
Agardeni▶
Cultivar Video Coming Soon
See this cultivar from starter plant to aspirational garden.
Plant Profile
Grow Red Star Cabbage Palm with confidence
Key growing information first, with the complete reviewed cultivar profile available when you want it.
☀️
Sun
Full sun to partial shade.
💧
Water
Moderate; allow the top few inches of soil to dry out between waterings to prevent waterlogged roots.
📏
Mature size
6-10 feet tall and 3-5 feet wide.
🌡️
Hardiness
9-11
🌿
Growth habit
Upright, palm-like clumping perennial.
🌿
Plant type
tropical foliage plant
View Plant Data
Care, size, flowering, climate, soil, health, and additional reviewed data.
+
View Plant Data
Care, size, flowering, climate, soil, health, and additional reviewed data.
Good to know
🌱
Growing note
Ensure excellent drainage to prevent crown rot, especially during cooler winter months. In regions with frost, it is best grown in containers and moved indoors or to a protected location.
🌡️
Climate note
Tolerates light frosts, but prolonged freezing temperatures will damage foliage and stems; protect from hard freezes.
🌸
Flower / fruit
Mature specimens may produce panicles of small, creamy-white, fragrant flowers in late spring or summer, though it is primarily grown for foliage.
Growing & Care
Everyday care, growth, feeding, and pruning guidance.
+
Growing & Care
Everyday care, growth, feeding, and pruning guidance.
☀️
Sun / light
Full sun to partial shade.
🌿
Growth rate
Moderate.
🌱
Fertilizer
Apply a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer once in the spring to support vigorous foliage development.
✂️
Pruning
Remove lower, older foliage as it yellows or browns to maintain a clean appearance and expose the central stem.
•
Care notes
Ensure excellent drainage to prevent crown rot, especially during cooler winter months. In regions with frost, it is best grown in containers and moved indoors or to a protected location.
Size & Habit
How the plant grows and the space it needs at maturity.
+
Size & Habit
How the plant grows and the space it needs at maturity.
📏
Mature size
6-10 feet tall and 3-5 feet wide.
🌿
Growth habit
Upright, palm-like clumping perennial.
↔️
Spacing
3-5 feet apart.
Flower / Fruit
Flowering, fruiting, pollination, bloom, and harvest behavior.
+
Flower / Fruit
Flowering, fruiting, pollination, bloom, and harvest behavior.
🌸
Flowering / fruiting
Mature specimens may produce panicles of small, creamy-white, fragrant flowers in late spring or summer, though it is primarily grown for foliage.
Climate & Hardiness
Cold, heat, chill, and regional growing considerations.
+
Climate & Hardiness
Cold, heat, chill, and regional growing considerations.
🌡️
Hardiness zones
9-11
🌡️
Temperature
Tolerates light frosts, but prolonged freezing temperatures will damage foliage and stems; protect from hard freezes.
Soil & Water
Moisture, drainage, soil, and pH preferences.
+
Soil & Water
Moisture, drainage, soil, and pH preferences.
💧
Watering
Moderate; allow the top few inches of soil to dry out between waterings to prevent waterlogged roots.
🌱
Soil
Well-draining, high-quality potting mix or fertile, sandy garden soil.
🧪
Soil pH
6.0-7.5
More Plant Data
19 additional reviewed fields from this Plant.id.
+
More Plant Data
19 additional reviewed fields from this Plant.id.
•
Container Growing
Excellent for container growing due to its slow-growing, vertical habit; use a pot with ample drainage holes.
•
Family
Asparagaceae
•
Foliage Look
Dark reddish-bronze, narrow, sword-like, firm texture.
•
Foliage Rules
Leaves are long, narrow, and strap-like with a distinct reddish-bronze to burgundy hue; avoid bright green foliage colorations.
🍒
Fruit Flower Look
Creamy-white, branched, small-flowered panicles appearing above the foliage on mature plants.
🍒
Fruit Flower Rules
Do not depict flowers on juvenile or starter-stage plants; flowers appear only on mature specimens.
✂️
Growth Habit Rules
Maintain the vertical, upright structure; avoid depicting as a sprawling or wide-spreading groundcover.
•
Mature Plant Look
Stately, palm-like vertical plant with a dense crown of sword-shaped, deep burgundy leaves.
🌱
Mature Stage Morphology
Strong, central trunk with a terminal rosette of long, sword-like, deep-red leaves.
🌱
Morphology Rules
Structure should always remain centered and vertical; avoid exaggerated drooping of young leaves.
•
Plant Faqs
Does the Red Star Cordyline need full sun? Yes, it thrives in full sun but appreciates some afternoon shade in extremely hot climates. Can I grow this in a pot? Absolutely, it is highly suited for container culture. How often should I water my Cordyline? Water when the top two inches of soil feel dry, ensuring the pot has good drainage.
•
Root Look
Fibrous, healthy, white-to-tan roots filling the plug.
🌱
Soil Look
Well-draining, dark, organic-rich potting soil.
•
Starter Stage
A small, multi-leafed plug with emerging narrow, reddish-bronze foliage.
🌱
Starter Stage Morphology
Narrow, strap-like leaves spiraling from a tight, low-growing center; roots should be well-established in the plug medium.
•
Video Voiceover Script
Welcome to Agardeni, where inspiration for gardening helps us imagine how and where we will grow Red Star Cabbage Palm. This is Red Star Cabbage Palm, available as 18, 36, and 72 plant starter trays through the Agardeni Marketplace. Let this striking foliage become part of your aspirational plan, helping you imagine the future garden or patio space you want to create. Focus on the long, narrow, sword-like leaves that mature into a deep, intense bronze-red hue, providing a constant architectural presence. Establish your starter plug in a four-inch pot with well-draining soil, then later move it to your final container or garden location once it is robust and thriving. Find your inspiration with Agardeni. Explore real plants and real availability. Start. Plan. Grow.
•
Youtube Tags
Cordyline Red Star Cabbage Palm Agardeni container gardening tropical foliage ornamental plants garden design starter plants landscaping
•
Youtube Video Summary
The Red Star Cabbage Palm is a stunning, architectural plant perfect for adding dramatic, deep-red color to your patio or landscape. Learn how to establish and grow this vibrant, tropical-style ornamental in your own garden.
•
Youtube Video Title
How to Grow Red Star Cabbage Palm | Cordyline australis 'Red Star'
Coming Soon
Future Buyer Brand Sellers
Possible future seller options for 2.5-inch, 4-inch, and 1-gallon finished plants.