cordyline

ive got a cordyline plant about 6ft tall anyone tell me why it keeps sprouting leaves from the bottom of the stem the plant is 3years old and now the leaves are coming out of the ground it has never done this before

 

Hi intermiplants. Welcome to GC. :D

It is having babies in all probability. Just let them grow then you can take them off, usually with a sharp knife once they have developed their own root system. You don't say what type of cordyline this is but there is a possibility that once the babies are established, mummy plant may die. Some do. Some don't. So if it does, don't worry, just keep the next generation.

 

sarra am i six months gone

 

So is your cordy. Yup. Congratulations. You're a daddy. Both offsets are doing well.

 

Intermiplants,

I am starting 8 of my cordy seeds off in the airing cupboard, your likkle babies look lovely :D

 

be happier if mother plant makesa it....but i think she is done for .. oh well they always say leave it for the next generation

 

I, personally dont see any reason why the main stem should die, but I think you would end up with a better shaped plant if the stem was kept single.
I have seen some nice looking cordys with multi stems but they take quite a while to become a real specimen plant and just look like a tangled bush for a good few years.
Is it possible that you have damaged either the roots or the lower part of the stem, underground, while digging around the plant.
That just might cause it to sucker in that way.

 

no pete; it hasnt been damaged
think just on the odd plant it must do this i been
round a few garden cntrs and there are a lot with
2/3 stems i agree with you that they do look
nicer with one stem but it looks like it is out of my hands. gave it a gentle rock and looks like the stem is dying just above the babys. maybe it
stood in water too much in that rainy season we had. wait and see watch this space

 

Ah if it stood in water, your lucky its still alive.

 

pete its not been flooding or stood in water
for any lenght of time. just that the ground was sodden for weeks this summer as you are all well aware.. is it possible it just had too much water

 

.mother and qauds doing
fine

 

They appear to be a distance from the main stem, which is what led me to believe that when the soil around the plant was cultivated maybe a few roots were severed, causing them to grow new shoots.
Have you had a s****e around the base to determine that the new shoots are attached to the main stem?

 

sorry pete cant really tell you much we just had that wet summer and it started goin beserk they did start growin nearer the trunk but i kept takin them off and the more i took off they started growing furher away from the trunk.
if it gets any stranger im going to have it SECTIONED!!!!

 

mother and babys doin fine

 

i know its pregnant but is it worth keeping or would i be better getting a new one .. this has got ten babys growing now surely thats too much