Cordylines. Pruning help
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 3:42 pm
Hi, i’m New to this forum. Apologies if i’m Posting this in the wrong area.
I’ve got a bit of an addiction with Palms in my garden. I live in a costal village in Northumberland & I have about 30 palm trees in my garden including Washington robusta, tracycarpy fortuni, pheonix, sago, cordyline Australis, indivisia & dazzler. (yes I know Cordylines aren’t technicals a palm, but I class them as one).
Anyways on to my question. Obviously when the leaves die you cut them off, (I personally cut them quite regular even before they die as it seems to make them grow quicker) but how do I make them look smooth / with a patterned trunk, I can’t find any videos of how to do this.
For example please see an image of my latest cordyline dazzler. As you can see I bought it with a bit of the trunk allready formed (if you look towards the top of the trunk you can see where i’ve Cut leaves off but it doesn’t look the same).
I hope this makes sense. Also how would I do this with my indivisa (other image attached).
Sorry one more question, i’ve Had my tracycarpy’s for around 3 years & they haven’t really grown much taller, how long do they usually take to grow tall in the uk?
Thanks in advance.
I’ve got a bit of an addiction with Palms in my garden. I live in a costal village in Northumberland & I have about 30 palm trees in my garden including Washington robusta, tracycarpy fortuni, pheonix, sago, cordyline Australis, indivisia & dazzler. (yes I know Cordylines aren’t technicals a palm, but I class them as one).
Anyways on to my question. Obviously when the leaves die you cut them off, (I personally cut them quite regular even before they die as it seems to make them grow quicker) but how do I make them look smooth / with a patterned trunk, I can’t find any videos of how to do this.
For example please see an image of my latest cordyline dazzler. As you can see I bought it with a bit of the trunk allready formed (if you look towards the top of the trunk you can see where i’ve Cut leaves off but it doesn’t look the same).
I hope this makes sense. Also how would I do this with my indivisa (other image attached).
Sorry one more question, i’ve Had my tracycarpy’s for around 3 years & they haven’t really grown much taller, how long do they usually take to grow tall in the uk?
Thanks in advance.