About
Cordyline banksii Electric Star ('Sprilecstar' PBR) is a clumping shrub or small tree that features upright to arching, strap-like foliage. The leaves are characterized by their dark purple-brown centers, vivid green edges, and orange midribs. During late spring and early summer, established specimens produce clusters of small creamy-white flowers.
About the genus
Cordyline consists of evergreen shrubs or tree-like perennials that resemble palms. These plants feature clusters or tufts of long, narrow, leathery leaves and produce fragrant, cup-shaped flowers in terminal panicles, which are succeeded by small, round berries.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs, Trees
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass, grow in pots of peat-free, loam-based potting compost with full light. Water moderately while in growth and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly; water sparingly in winter. Outdoors, grow in a warm, south-facing position and provide winter protection; wrap with biodegradable horticultural fleece or bring containers inside if very cold weather is forecast. See cordyline cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by stem cuttings or by removing and re-potting well-rooted offsets in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to mealybugs, scale insects and red spider mites when grown under glass
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to cordyline slime flux and honey fungus (rarely)