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Cordyline Pruning.
Advice please on the creation of the trunk of palm
trees. I have a cordyline developing into a fine tree - now approximately nine feet in height. The lower leaves are turning yellow and whilst I know that they will die and drop off, how exactly and when should I prune them in order to form the "pineapply" plates of the trunk? It has just shown a huge spray of perfumed flowers on a stem the thickness of my forearm. Like all of them that I've seen the display shoots off at an angle. What treatment should the stem be given when the flower dies back? I've just come back to this group after months of illness caused by a blood poisoning disease which stemmed from a scratch on my leg whilst gardening. One of its side effects - or perhaps of the medication I was prescribed? - has been faling of sight in my right eye. It doesn't however effect my enjoyment of gardening. In fact in a strange way, it has increased my pleasure. John. |
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"john" wrote Advice please on the creation of the trunk of palm trees. I have a cordyline developing into a fine tree - now approximately nine feet in height. The lower leaves are turning yellow and whilst I know that they will die and drop off, how exactly and when should I prune them in order to form the "pineapply" plates of the trunk? It has just shown a huge spray of perfumed flowers on a stem the thickness of my forearm. Like all of them that I've seen the display shoots off at an angle. What treatment should the stem be given when the flower dies back? I've just come back to this group after months of illness caused by a blood poisoning disease which stemmed from a scratch on my leg whilst gardening. One of its side effects - or perhaps of the medication I was prescribed? - has been faling of sight in my right eye. It doesn't however effect my enjoyment of gardening. In fact in a strange way, it has increased my pleasure. The leaves will drop off on their own although if you want to tidy it up then use some sharp secateurs to leave only a few inches of each leaf attached to the trunk which and give it some protection. These little stumps will eventually fall off leaving the trunk which doesn't have the plates you describe, they are just rather normal looking. When the inflorescence has finished flowering and all the seeds have been eaten by the Starlings in the autumn then cut it off as near to the trunk as you can. It will eventually drop off but that can take a couple of years and it looks unsightly in the meantime. Once these flower for the first time then they start to split at the top to form a nice head (or multi-headed) tree. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:15:28 +0100, Dave Poole
wrote: snip Luckily, if you've got the time and get it wrong, you can cut the whole thing down and start again, allowing just one of he resulting shoots to develop. Every 30 years or so we get a sufficiently hard winter to kill many cordylines down to the ground. With luck, they will re-sprout several shoots from the base. When I see them I always think that the resulting multi-stemmed groups of trunks and foliage to be much more attractive than just a solitary specimen. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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