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Poorly cordylines

roselyn.campbellroselyn.campbell Posts: 1
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I lost many red and green cordylines as a result of the freezing weather in December 2022. As recommended I've cut trunk down to approx 4 inches from ground, there are shoots growing from sides, should I leave them to grow or do I need to remove them and plant them up?

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  • Robert WestRobert West Posts: 241
    I would leave them alone for at least a year. I'm also assuming that each shoot is growing directly from the central stem so I don't know if dividing is actually possible??
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Leave them to grow - it's what they do when the main trunk has been lost due to the weather.  You will end up with a multi stemmed plant eventually but if you want to restrict it to say 3 stems for eg, then you can remove the extra shoots and keep an eye on it and remove extra shoots before they become too big.
    If you use the Search facility on the forum, you will find a number of threads dealing with this issue which may be of help :)
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