Should I cut off cordyline flower?
Our Cordyline flowered recently but now that it is nearly over, should we cut it off or will it come off naturally?
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Cordyline australis
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I leave my flowers on and they become berries which are loved by long-tailed tits. Sitting outside on boxing day watching a flock of these 'balls of cotton-wool' birds feeding a few feet away is a trasured moment in my life.
Renee
13 Jul, 2008
I have a large flower on the top of my cordaline, it is 4 years old. All the leaves were very yellow so I have cut then all down. The flower at the top of my tree is very heavy and has a large stem coming up from the middle of the tree, can I cut it off or will it harm the rest of the tree if I do?
12 Jul, 2009
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12 Jul, 2009
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Cordylline plants always lose their bottom leaves and grow up. I looked at your picture and somehow I think it looks different from mine. But when the flower is dead and has dried up, of course you can cut it off. I have even cut a whole lot of the trunk off, as it grew too high, about 4m, so where I pruned it soon enough new shoots came and so you get a more bushy plant. I do have some pics of that, so I will place them for you.
11 Jul, 2008