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cutting back a Cordyline?
I am not sure if pruning is the right word but I have a BIG Cordyline (C.
australis?? cabbage palm). I do not want to kill it but it is humungous with one big "trunk". If I cut it in half (half way up the trunk; not left half vs right half ho ho ho), will it regrow? Being monocots, they grow funny so I would not be surprised if teh answer was that this would kill it. Nonetheless, in big old Irish estates (Fota and Mountstewart) you do see ancient ones with lot and lots of smaller trunks, rather then one big one so that suggests they can be persuaded to spread out. Maybe that has to be done from an earlier age. Des |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
Des Higgins wrote:
I am not sure if pruning is the right word but I have a BIG Cordyline (C. australis?? cabbage palm). I do not want to kill it but it is humungous with one big "trunk". If I cut it in half (half way up the trunk; not left half vs right half ho ho ho), will it regrow? Being monocots, they grow funny so I would not be surprised if teh answer was that this would kill it. Nonetheless, in big old Irish estates (Fota and Mountstewart) you do see ancient ones with lot and lots of smaller trunks, rather then one big one so that suggests they can be persuaded to spread out. Maybe that has to be done from an earlier age. Des it will grow away quite happily from below the cut. Friends in Cornwall have an avenue of them lining their drive, whenever they get frosted they just cut down progressively to solid trunk and wait for the regrowth. pk |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
"p.k." wrote in message ... Des Higgins wrote: I am not sure if pruning is the right word but I have a BIG Cordyline (C. australis?? cabbage palm). I do not want to kill it but it is humungous with one big "trunk". If I cut it in half (half way up the trunk; not left half vs right half ho ho ho), will it regrow? Being monocots, they grow funny so I would not be surprised if teh answer was that this would kill it. Nonetheless, in big old Irish estates (Fota and Mountstewart) you do see ancient ones with lot and lots of smaller trunks, rather then one big one so that suggests they can be persuaded to spread out. Maybe that has to be done from an earlier age. Des it will grow away quite happily from below the cut. Friends in Cornwall have an avenue of them lining their drive, whenever they get frosted they just cut down progressively to solid trunk and wait for the regrowth. pk On a similar topic I have a Cordyline approx 12 feet high it has over the past few months sprouted shoots from the trunk - some now 12-18 inches - what are these? Can they be removed for transplanting? PhilC |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
"p.k." wrote in message ... Des Higgins wrote: I am not sure if pruning is the right word but I have a BIG Cordyline (C. australis?? cabbage palm). I do not want to kill it but it is humungous with one big "trunk". If I cut it in half (half way up the trunk; not left half vs right half ho ho ho), will it regrow? Being monocots, they grow funny so I would not be surprised if teh answer was that this would kill it. Nonetheless, in big old Irish estates (Fota and Mountstewart) you do see ancient ones with lot and lots of smaller trunks, rather then one big one so that suggests they can be persuaded to spread out. Maybe that has to be done from an earlier age. Des it will grow away quite happily from below the cut. Friends in Cornwall have an avenue of them lining their drive, whenever they get frosted they just cut down progressively to solid trunk and wait for the regrowth. pk Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Des |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
"Des Higgins" wrote Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Replant it. Ours grew again when our builders cut it down and I replanted the trunk complete with large top, never showed any signs of stress at all. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
On 23/1/06 15:42, in article
, "Des Higgins" wrote: snip Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Could you just grow something else up it - e.g. Clematis, rose, Lonicera? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the flowers to email me) |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
"Sacha" wrote in message o.uk... On 23/1/06 15:42, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: snip Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Could you just grow something else up it - e.g. Clematis, rose, Lonicera? That is the bit I am taking down; I will leave a few feet to regrow. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the flowers to email me) |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
On 23/1/06 17:33, in article
, "Des Higgins" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message o.uk... On 23/1/06 15:42, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: snip Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Could you just grow something else up it - e.g. Clematis, rose, Lonicera? That is the bit I am taking down; I will leave a few feet to regrow. Ah, sorry, I didn't get that. In that case, like eating the elephant, I suggest. A little at a time. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the flowers to email me) |
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cutting back a Cordyline?
"Sacha" wrote in message o.uk... On 23/1/06 17:33, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message o.uk... On 23/1/06 15:42, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: snip Ta for that; Here goes. Next question is: does anyone know what to do with 10feet of thick Cordyline trunk (telegraph pole thickness)? Soup recipes? Battering ram? Tropical caber ******* in need of a pole? I am not sure how to get it down without killing myself mind you. Could you just grow something else up it - e.g. Clematis, rose, Lonicera? That is the bit I am taking down; I will leave a few feet to regrow. Ah, sorry, I didn't get that. In that case, like eating the elephant, I suggest. A little at a time. ;-) I am sure there must be some fantastic herbal cure derived from them; maybe for piles or itchy ears or maybe the wood is famously perfect for shaving brush handles. Anyway, it will sit in a pile until I can find a use. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the flowers to email me) |
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