Bob Hobden wrote:
"BoyPete" wrote ...
Hello, I've been directed here by a friend.
I have a Cordyline Australis which is approx 11ft tall, with a 6ft
spread. This summer, it produced a flower spike from the top. The
flowering is finished, and has left small green pods, inside which
are some black seeds. Is it possible to grow new plants from these
and if so, how? I'm considering changes to my garden for next year which
would mean
the Cordyline must go. It seems a shame to just cut it down, so I
wondered if it would be transplantable if I could find a buyer?
Any advice appreciated

You can grow new plants from the ripe seeds if there are any left
after the Starlings have finished eating them. I have a self sewn
seedling growing in a pot of lilies.

So, I sow the green pods, or should I let them dry out. Or sow the black
seeds inside?

You may have a problem when you say it has to go. The roots go down
to it's native country and they will shoot up again from these. You
might consider using a "Tree Killer" like SBK on the roots.

When we had a wall made our builder dug down approx 2/3 ft and
chopped the roots off there on a plant about 5ft tall. When I came
home from work I saw the uprooted plant, which was just a crown of
leaves on a stump, and replanted it somewhere else, it survived and
is now a magnificent specimen. The original roots then sent up
another plant after two years.

That's a bit worrying, cos I want to put a pond where the tree is now.
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