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Old 01-02-2004, 11:11 PM
Janet Baraclough ..
 
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I have two very large "palm like" trees in my front garden, firstly can
anyone tell me what they are called?
They resemble coconut trees with long straight leaves and they gave "friut"
which was an extension of one of the leaves with small white flowers that
turned into berries.
you can probably tell I'm not exactly a gardener but I do enjoy my garden.
trouble is these are too big for the size of my little houde and I want to
know if they can be re-located without killing them


If you're in the UK as your address suggests, these are cordylines,
also known as cabbage palm (though they aren't really palms).

The roots are huge and widespread, I wouldn't even try to dig them up
let alone relocate them. But if you'd like to keep them, just cut the
trunks down; they will slowly re-grow from the base into a more modest
sized plant. You won't get flowers again for several years, though.

Janet