Plant list: Spiky plants Large, spiky plants are often best used alone as specimens – pieces of living architecture or sculpture. Smaller spiky plants contrast with round, domed plants and make great ‘exclamation marks’ in a planting scheme.
	Cordyline Cabbage tree Tree Half-hardy Creamy white Green, variegated and reddy-bronze 9m x 2.7m (30ft x 9ft) Grown primarily for its sword-like foliage, this slow-growing shrub gives shape and texture to the garden year round. There are many colourful varieties, some with variegated leaves.
	Related plant lists: Tall and upright plants Low and spreading plants Spiky plants Domed or rounded plants Foamy plants