Cordyline Australis ‘Can Can’

Cordyline ‘Can Can’ is a clump forming variety that will add some exotic style to your garden. ‘Can Can’ produces bright arching variegated leaves that burst into life in a lovely pink shade and once they age turn into cream and green leaves that clump together. A superb choice for growing in a large pot on your patio where it will really stand out. As your cordyline matures, it will become more frost hardy, therefore can be left outside in all but the coldest weather and will withstand all but severe frost. Delivered as an established plant, approx. 40-60cm tall in a 17cm pot.

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Care Guide

Planting Advice for your Cordylines:

• 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 one 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 for Cordylines:

• 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 is not normally necessary, just remove any dead or damaged leaves with a sharp pair of secateurs.