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cordyline
Angela50
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My Cordyline rotted in the centre over the cold winter. We left it in the pot at the bottom of the garden waiting to throw away. I noticed this week that it has several new shoots spouting from the top. Have no idea what to do with them now. Any advice?
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I had one that did that - and I cut the shoots off at an angle (a bit like a heel cutting) and potted them up Result - new plants from old, with much more vigour.
Yes is out of the top. I will have a go at cutting them off & repotting. Thanks for your replies
Good winter drainage is key. They are hardy down to -10C and root hardy down to perhaps -20C but only with good drainage. Most of the UK did not have a harsh winter last year, so I guess that your pot needs much better drainage to let the regrowth grow. It will take a good few years (5-10) to form a trunk though adding checken pellets etc can spur things along.
I grow a lot of cordylines from seed,and they are very easy to grow.But as blairs says they do need good drainage and do take upto10 years to look at thier best.They do look good in the boarder at 3 yrs.I tried rapping the leaves one winter,but because they could not breath they just rotted off,but did sprout the following spring.