@edjbutler67 Just been out for a walk anf spotted three very sorry looking Cordylines. No such thing as a stupid gardening question always good to check.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Following on from this, the Cordyline is now in its final death throes but as advised, there are 6-8 new plants already flourishing. The question is can these all be separated and given their own pots or are they part of the main plant's root system?
Remove it from the pot and have a look. If you aren't sure , then repot - probably into a larger pot ? and see what you think next year. If the main stem is done for, then cut that off and give the new ones a chance to grow .
I did it the other way round. I assumed that my plant was dead so I cut it right down to about half an inch. The new shoots, when they came, were attached to the stem and not independent. Pull the soil away from the base of the new growth and you'll be able to see what's going on.
If you want more plants, leave the young plants attached until next spring, then remove the whole plant from the pot and sever the young plants away from the old plant, trying to preserve as much of the root system as possible for each plant. Repot the young plants as you like or find a place in the ground where they will be much happier and less vulnerable to winter damage. If you do nothing and leave the plants intact, they will soon outgrow the pot and compete with each other for water, light and nutrients.
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No such thing as a stupid gardening question always good to check.
If the main stem is done for, then cut that off and give the new ones a chance to grow .