"DavePoole Torquay" wrote in message
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:

OK Farm I accept your reversal of opinion:-), although based on the
original
pic it could have been several things
Any idea of which cordyline.?

This is none other than good old Cordyline australis. It is a highly
variable species with leaves from little more that 2cms. in width right
up to 8cms. in the broadest leaved forms. Leaf colour can be anything
from greyish-green to vivid emerald green and the leaves can arch
gracefully from the crown or be quite stiff forming a rather spikey
outline. Young plants growing in decent soil retain most of their
lower leaves for several years, but eventually only those immediately
around the crown will remain. It will then assume the characteristic
'mop-head' outline. After a few more years, it will flower and branch
out immediately below the flower spike.

While Cordyline dracaeniodes is superficially similar, its growth habit
and leaf shape - particularly at the leaf tips are different. Its an
easy grower and may do as well as C. australis in the UK, but it has
only been generally available for a relatively short time. It's too
soon to tell from the ultimate hardiness point of view. Interestingly,
it is the only New World species of Cordyline, being a native of S.
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. All other Cordylines are from
Australasia and Indonesia.

Cordyline indivisa is unmistakably different, with very broad olive
green leaves to 20cms.+ wide eventually and extremely glaucouse, almost
purplish young shoots. This New Zealander develops into a very
impressive plant, rarely branching until it reaches maturity. It is
tricky to grow well, requiring a constantly moist, humus rich slightly
acid soil and prefers year round rain. Extremes of heat or cold send
it into a rapid decline and for no apparent reason at all, a healthy
plant can suddenly turn yellow and die in a matter of months. If
you've grown it or seen it, you cannot confuse it with even the
broadest leaved australis.

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Judging from its present size, is it practical in your opinion, for
the OP to dig it up and move it from its present position, where it
will soon be blocking the window ?


michael adams

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