Posted by Larry Stoter on July 9, 2011, 5:02 pm
Like many neighbours and, I guess, more widely, a large Cordyline in the
garden didn't like the winter. By late March, most of it leaves had
gone, the rest were brown and it looked very dead.
By chance, we visited Cambridge Botanic Gardens - their Cordylines had
suffered a similar fate but, they had either been left or the truncks
cut back to about a metre height. So, on the basis that Cambridge
Botanic Gardens probably knew what they were doing, we cut our's back
and left them.
There are now seven new shoots around the base.
Larry
Posted by Bob Hobden on July 9, 2011, 6:02 pm
"Larry Stoter" wrote ...
> Like many neighbours and, I guess, more widely, a large Cordyline in the
> garden didn't like the winter. By late March, most of it leaves had
> gone, the rest were brown and it looked very dead.
> By chance, we visited Cambridge Botanic Gardens - their Cordylines had
> suffered a similar fate but, they had either been left or the truncks
> cut back to about a metre height. So, on the basis that Cambridge
> Botanic Gardens probably knew what they were doing, we cut our's back
> and left them.
> There are now seven new shoots around the base.
Both ours have put out new shoots from trunk and branches, even the one with
little damage that is flowering well as usual.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by Janet Tweedy on July 9, 2011, 10:07 pm
>Both ours have put out new shoots from trunk and branches, even the one
>with little damage that is flowering well as usual.
I sued the frost damage to convince two people to hoik out their
Phormiums. Horrible things and a devil of a job to uproot!
They never seem to look good with partly dead or yellowing leaves and
stuff even when not blitzed by frost!.
Now where am i going to source an Amelanchier 'obelisk' having promised
them I'd find one to replace the Phormiums!
Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by Bob Hobden on July 10, 2011, 3:18 am
"Janet Tweedy" wrote ..
> , Bob Hobden writes
> >Both ours have put out new shoots from trunk and branches, even the one
> >with little damage that is flowering well as usual.
> I sued the frost damage to convince two people to hoik out their
> Phormiums. Horrible things and a devil of a job to uproot!
> They never seem to look good with partly dead or yellowing leaves and
> stuff even when not blitzed by frost!.
> Now where am i going to source an Amelanchier 'obelisk' having promised
> them I'd find one to replace the Phormiums!
The RHS plantfinder... http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/ shows 15
suppliers.
put in ... Amelanchier alnifolia Obelisk (don't use any inverted commas).
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by Janet Tweedy on July 10, 2011, 5:41 pm
>The RHS plantfinder... http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/ shows
>15 suppliers.
>put in ... Amelanchier alnifolia Obelisk (don't use any inverted commas)
Oh I've done that Bob, first thing I tried but those nurseries who have
one, don't do mail order and those that do mail order don't have one!!
I tried Little Heath in Berkhamsted but John the owner said he could
only get very large ones - too big for even he to manage and to sell.
Apparently it came out at Chelsea a few years ago, was an astounding
success and everyone supplied them but it was on and still is on,
breeders rights so gradually stocks ran out and the only ones you can
now get, if at all, are those that have been grown on.
It's a very pretty tree has several season's of interests , spring
autumn and summer isn't too big and is fastigate but not in a rigor
mortis way.
I'll keep trying anyway!
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
XML site map
> garden didn't like the winter. By late March, most of it leaves had
> gone, the rest were brown and it looked very dead.
> By chance, we visited Cambridge Botanic Gardens - their Cordylines had
> suffered a similar fate but, they had either been left or the truncks
> cut back to about a metre height. So, on the basis that Cambridge
> Botanic Gardens probably knew what they were doing, we cut our's back
> and left them.
> There are now seven new shoots around the base.