"Janet" wrote in message
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Even if you have to cut off the top to ground level, cordylines
readily shoot again from the roots, usually in a multi trunk... and IME
the new trunks grow far faster than their beheaded parent ever did.

Janet.

Well - I suppose that would be the same with my two Wisteria standards.
Just about the only trees round here still in full leaf. They took a real
hammering
but remain upright to tell the tale. About twenty five years of growth would
take a lot of patience
during replacement though !!