Roystonea oleracea (Imperial palm)
Other names: Carribean royal palm, Cabbage palm, Palmiste, South American royal palm, West Indian royal palm, Cuban royal palm, Florida royal palm
R. oleracea is a tall, fast-growing palm with a slender trunk and pinnate leaves composed of many linear, ranked, mid-green leaflets. Panicles of cup-shaped, white flowers bloom in summer below the leaves.
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5m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Cordyline 'Purple Tower' (Cabbage palm 'Purple Tower')
'Purple Tower' is an evergreen perennial, starting out as a fan-shape clump of plum-purple, strap-shaped leaves then rising up on a stem to become a tree-palm.
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4m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Cordyline 'Purple Sensation' (Cabbage tree 'Purple Sensation')
'Purple Sensation' is a tender, erect, palm-like, evergreen tree with arching, linear- to lance-shaped, dark reddish-purple leaves each with a bright red central stripe. Under favourable conditions, panicles of fragrant, creamy white flowers in summer followed by white or blue-tinted berries.
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3m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Cordyline australis 'Sundance' (Cabbage palm 'Sundance')
Other names: Cordyline australis 'Sunset', Cordyline australis 'Purple Heart'
'Sundance' is an upright, evergreen, palm-like tree with terminal rosettes of sword-shaped, dark green leaves, turning red along the midrib.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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