Illustration
Bauer's Cordyline
Cordyline 'Baueri'
Also called false dracaena and bauer's dracaena palm
Bauer's Cordyline blooms from June through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bauer's Cordyline
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 8 ft tall and 5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
Is Bauer's Cordyline toxic to dogs or cats?
- Listed as toxic to dogs and cats by NC State Extension.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bauer's Cordyline
Plant Bauer's Cordyline in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 9, the middle of its hardy zones 9 to 11, spring means January to March and fall means October or November. Once settled, it blooms in June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in January. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bauer's Cordyline get?
8 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult5 ftwideSee Bauer's Cordyline in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bauer's Cordyline
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bauer's Cordyline about 5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bauer's Cordyline to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bauer's Cordyline's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 15, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- plants.rogersgardens.comNetPS Plant Finder entry 13431 on Roger's Gardens' host (Corona del Ma...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- shop.armstronggarden.comArmstrong Garden Centers (a California store; product titled 'Bauer's...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Plant Addictsthe queue's store page; brand line Monroviaheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- buchanansplants.comNetPS Plant Finder entry 13431 as Buchanan's Native Plants (Houston, T...height, hardiness zones, water and bloom months and color
- cornellfarms.comCornell Farms (a nursery that sells the plant, Portland, Oregon)height, spread, hardiness zones and sun
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolbox, Cordyline genus pagesun and bloom months and color
- plants.hillermann.comNetPS Plant Finder HOUSEPLANT entry 22699 on Hillermann Nursery's host...height and spread
- plants.chaletnursery.comNetPS Plant Finder entry 13431 on Chalet Nursery's host (Wilmette, Ill...hardiness zones
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Featured in these guides
Explore similar plants
You might also like
Design a garden with this
Drop this plant onto a 3D plan, see how it fills in, and watch your whole garden bloom across the year.