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  • #1

    Baby Cordylines

    Hi everyone

    One of the red cordylines in our garden has produced some off spring

    The parent plant still looks nice and healthy, but I'm not sure what to do now . I guess if I leave the babies there they will cause problems for the parent plant and not grow properly themselves either. But how can I seperate the babies without killing the parent plant?

    And why did the plant do it? I have another one planted the year before that hasn't done it - is this plant lacking something and it's gone into 'panic mode' and reproduced?

    Thank you!
    Shortie

    "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter
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    we had a couple of green ones that sprouted babies,someone suggested snap em of and pot up,mmmmm they all died including the parent,still have 1 and it flowered this year,so it may be over now,so what ever you do shortie don't snap them of,
    sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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    • #3
      I think Sarraceniac may know what to do
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Not sure what you mean by "babies" but cordylines grow like weeds here. They self seed like mad and also grow many stems. It just depends what look you want. My preference is to let them decide how to grow and leave them to it.

        One of my jobs for today is actually to chop down one of our cordylines and get rid of all the seedlings around it. You have to cut them down right at the base and kill the roots otherwise they just keep growing back.

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        • #5
          Oh! I didn't realise they put out so many babies! but where do the seeds come from - I've not seen it flower?

          Yes, I meant the stems groing off the base of the main plant..

          I've had a cordyline in a pot for about 6 years now and it's grown tall, but never produced any offspring so I presumed they were all the same - they're all red/maroon ones if that makes a difference?
          Shortie

          "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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          • #6
            Thanks Two_Sheds... so a deft hand and sharp spade look like it's in order. I'll check their size but I recon they must be getting near to 10 inches already - they're in a sheltered corner o f the garden so it was only as I need to step round it on a rare occasion that I spotted them!
            Shortie

            "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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            • #7
              You'll know when it flowers!! It is a big "thing" with lots of little flowers on. Where it flowers the main trunk divides into two. The one we have left (a redish leaved one) first flowered when it was just over 5 foot tall. Starlings love the berries that it has.

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              • #8
                Lol, no flowers here yet then
                Shortie

                "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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