On Mon, 07 May 2012 11:10:31 +0100, Jeff Layman
wrote:

On 07/05/2012 08:52, dave007cars wrote:
hi guys - know nothing about gardening and plants and please excuse the
spelling - planted 3 cordyline australis palms in the 3 corners of the
garden of my new build - 2 are coming on really well - growing nice and
tall probably 2 metres high - but one has stopped growing thought maybe
that i did not dig a big enough hole abd its rooted out but now whats
happened is from the centre of the palm leaves, an ugly trifid type stem
has emerged - it looks like its going to have flowes on it and its now
grown quite long and its not straight its probably a metre long - help
??? do i need to cut it out ? the rest of the palm looks like the 2 i
have - leaves are the same and the bark but its just this ugly thing is
growing from the centre - all info would be much appreciated

Many people grow Cordyline australis for years and never get it to
flower (NB the flowers are scented)! You are doing something right, but
if you don't like the flower spike you can always cut it out.


Next door had one that grew to about 5 metres high before it flowered.
When in flower it looked really good but then it slowly lost it's
leaves and became just a tall stump. There has been no of any recovery
for two years and I think it's dead.

Steve

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