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Post by meakinsl on Sept 3, 2011 12:19:52 GMT
Hello, Have a couple of these in my garden and wandered if someone could give me correct name for them. Should I be doing anything with the flowering bit (ie cutting it out or leaving it to go its own way) or the new growths at the base that seem to be getting bigger ?  Many thanks, Lawrence |
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Post by Cherry on Sept 3, 2011 19:03:33 GMT
I think you can cut the top and trunk of Cordylines and leave the babies to grow on. However, if you like the trunk and the top, just leave it. The new growth will not be on their own roots yet, but you could make new plants next year from these. In other words, the choice is up to you, but leave it until next spring. Most people did not get this choice after the last winter.
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Post by steve on Sept 3, 2011 20:08:49 GMT
I think it has outgrown the stake though  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Sept 3, 2011 20:35:44 GMT
Common name is "Torbay Palm", proper name is "Cordyline australis".
Leave the flower, it will die back in its own time. The growth at the bottom will eventually make new trunks, it is not uncommon for them to have four or five trunks. If you want to keep to one trunk, cut the growth off around the base.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 3, 2011 21:50:26 GMT
Common name is " Torbay Palm", proper name is "Cordyline australis". Leave the flower, it will die back in its own time. The growth at the bottom will eventually make new trunks, it is not uncommon for them to have four or five trunks. If you want to keep to one trunk, cut the growth off around the base. I've always known it as 'Cabbage palm' and Torbay palm was actually ssshhhh cannabis  Remember WF I did live in Devon ;D  |
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Post by Fractal on Sept 4, 2011 10:10:26 GMT
If you leave the seed heads to turn to tiny white berries, the black seeds inside germinate easily like grass and grow surprisingly quickly too. You could start your own business |
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Post by meakinsl on Sept 4, 2011 15:01:06 GMT
Thanks for all the advice, will leave the flower and might cut back the growth at bottom to leave single trunk or if they establish roots try and transplant them somewhere else,
Many thanks,
Lawrence
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