Can't help with the Cordyline, as I have one (I like it) and am also contemplating chopping the top off as it's got very tall. So am watching with interest.
However, I do know what   is. It stands for Non-Breaking / Non-Bulleting SPace. It's a bit of HTML code which creates a space and isn't normally visible. If it's showing on a page it probably just means that some of the code around it is not quite correct. That's not a great explanation but I can't think how to explain it without also explaining how HTML works. Anyway, it's nothing to worry about.
PS I should probably have said that HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is just the basic code in which web pages are written.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Thanks for the chocolates, @philippa smith2. My explanation was rubbish, sorry. I could probably explain a little better by typing out a load of code with and without the use of   to illustrate where it has come from, but to be honest it really doesn't warrant the effort involved, for either of us!
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Well, you folks have been busy whilst I was away... Thanks for all your replies and input. Seems that the general consensus/experience is that it will regenerate shoots after being cut, which confirms what I had expected. I like the structural quality of my 3 CA's and do not intend to remove this one if I can help it. @UpNorth many thanks for taking the time to post a Q&A elsewhere. I'll sharpen my saw for May. I have a 2 year affiliation with this plant, It flowered last year but not the previous year. The perfume that it filled the garden with for 3 weeks was intoxicating. @Rik56 no risk of it falling over, on the contrary I think, I expect it to just keep growing taller upto some 8m according RHS info. I would like to restrict it at it's current height or a little less and chopping it seems to be the only way to do so. Cheers, Owd
do you happen to have an update re you’re tall Cordyline?
I beheaded one two tall trunks on mine last May (2021) … no signs of new growth yet at chopped trunk or base . However the trunk I left tall has flowered on three of four of its crowns! Heading for the one tall muppet look for now I guess!
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However, I do know what   is. It stands for Non-Breaking / Non-Bulleting SPace. It's a bit of HTML code which creates a space and isn't normally visible. If it's showing on a page it probably just means that some of the code around it is not quite correct. That's not a great explanation but I can't think how to explain it without also explaining how HTML works. Anyway, it's nothing to worry about.
PS I should probably have said that HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is just the basic code in which web pages are written.
Thanks for all your replies and input.
Seems that the general consensus/experience is that it will regenerate shoots after being cut, which confirms what I had expected.
I like the structural quality of my 3 CA's and do not intend to remove this one if I can help it.
@UpNorth many thanks for taking the time to post a Q&A elsewhere. I'll sharpen my saw for May. I have a 2 year affiliation with this plant, It flowered last year but not the previous year. The perfume that it filled the garden with for 3 weeks was intoxicating.
@Rik56 no risk of it falling over, on the contrary I think, I expect it to just keep growing taller upto some 8m according RHS info. I would like to restrict it at it's current height or a little less and chopping it seems to be the only way to do so.
Cheers,
Owd
do you happen to have an update re you’re tall Cordyline?
I beheaded one two tall trunks on mine last May (2021) … no signs of new growth yet at chopped trunk or base
all the best