Flowering Palm Tree

Hello Everyone, I am new here....

I have recently moved into a new flat with my Partner, and have started thinking about the garden and what we are going to do with it... The centre of our grass has a lovely little Palm Tree in it. However, it has just started to produce a 'flower'. I have had a google, and all I can find of relevance are references to THIS Tree.

This is a pic of the tree in my garden.



My Question is this:

Is this normal? Or should I ask for a proper opinion??

Thanks. Phil B.

 

Seems perfectly normal to me from what I can see of your picture it appears to be a Cabbage Palm (Cordyline australis)

 

Yeah its a Cordyline, The Bee's Love the Flowers but i dont, I cut them off

 

Thanks. Do the flowers have a detrimental affect on the plant? and what sort of fertilizer should I use in the soil?

The lower leaves seem to have gone very brown...

I will upload more pics of my (1st ever) proper garden soon. We have just bought a load of flowers for the borders.

 

As opposed to what? An opinion from someone on this forum? I think you'll find that there are plenty of people here able to provide you with very precise and correct answers, my friend.

Trees produce flowers in order to reproduce. Basic plant biology. Why would it be detrimental?

 

I think they might mean with plants which flower and then die...

also the lower leaves turn brown as that's what forms the trunk, it's all perfectly normal:thumb:

 

As with all of these types of plants. Watch out for the leaves.:wink: Those spikes will take your eye out if you're not careful. If children have access to your garden, they'll bend down to pick up a ball without thinking.

 

As the lower leaves turn brown you can cut them off to keep the plant tidy
The flowers will produce seeds which you can plant to grow more little cordylines