A really good video about cordylines! I thought that these plants especially the green variety were more cold hardy than that! I hope they will come back in the spring! I really like those type of plants , I grow many yucca elephantipes and I am thinking to grow dracaena marginata too outside in the ground! Zone 9a is where I am !
Thank you :) it's the run of cold nights and day I think, that caused the damage. Where are you based, I've tried Dracaena marginata in a very sheltered area here in UK but even with no frost it gradually died due to.lack of heat.
It's a shame you've lost the leaves, but yeah hopefully it will push out some new growth to replace them. I brought my small red star cordyline inside during the freeze as it is still pretty small, back outside now though.
@@theadventurousallotmenteer6582 I’ve not decided if I will plant it in the ground yet or not. I’ll probably keep it in a container for a few years until it gets a bit bigger.
If the tissue in the stem is still alive then it could help activate growth.. whether thats speeding up the process, I'm not sure. It would certainly put the plant in 'survival mode" however where it would throw up a lot more new growth. Recovering growth does tend to be slower than original growth however, in my experience.
Thanks, really helpful but can you advise what to do once identified. Do you remove the dead leaves? Leave them on? Cut the trunk? Do this now or in the spring? Thanks Jason
So don't do anything in this scenario until new growth shows either from the roots or lower down the stem. After new growth is visible in the Spring, cut the dead stem down near where the growth emerges from the stem, or near the base just above ground level.
Yes that's true, you can always rely on that if the top growth dies back. Even so if in the unlikely event the whole plant died, they're cheap enough and fast growing enough to start again from a young plant.
Help! Didn't know what to do when Cordyline died at the top and simultaneously got the goo down the trunk which oddly didn't smell. Wrapped it up and left it until the better weather, which has now arrived. I assume that this means I have to cut it back to 10cm off the ground, but will the roots now be rotted too? Guess I can only try and see if ir will regenerate but I might have completely killed it by waiting. Advice welcome!!
My Cordyline Red Star looks the same. And... the green looks the same too! Even ones right up against the house. I will check for the orange secretions. I'm sure the trunk is fine though. My bananas were protected, but they are toast. At least the stems are. I'm sure they'll come back from the roots (well, the large ones will). I did leave my cannas in the ground this year, i'm sure that was a mistake, but I didn't have time to dig them up when the cold was forecast. Oh well. My baby moas toes pseudopanax were not protected at all and 3 out of 4 look undamaged. The 4th looks dead, but I'm not sure if that was the cold or something else.
I have 2 large green ones also in the garden both have collapsed in the centre and turned a yellow colour but the rest is fine and trunk in good condition The minus temperatures we had in early December was way to cold wasn't it, can I ask when you are planning on cutting the collapsed crowns away? I've never done it before and I'm unsure when or how to?
@@kazzgarner2687 I'm not sure how to do it either yet. I think it I'll be closely following other youtube channels. But I have seen that most people wait a bit, then cut off all the leaves and then cut the trunk off just below where it starts to feel mushy.
@Karen Garner starting from the top feel your way down the trunk till you get a part that feels solid, then just lop the top off should reshoot either from the trunk where you've made the cut, failing that should reshoot from the base.
@theadventurousallotmenteer My large cordylines have developed slime flux, the trunk has rotten with white/orange slime right down to the base. If we chop it right down to ground level, will it grow again? If not, how would we get rid of the roots? Thanks in advance!
Almost certainly it will sprout from the ground around the base of the expired trunk/stem. It may take until May to show, but once it grows, it will grow back fairly quickly.
The London suburbs were hardest hit when considering what is grown in the area. It's a shame.. it reminds me of what happened to Cornwall in 2012. I don't think anywhere in UK is safe from damaging cold long term. Hopefully the plants you mention will pull through.
The above ground growth is unfortunately gone however it'll grow back from the ground! Just cut back all rotting stem growth to about 10cm above ground level to prevent rot spreading to the roots.
@@theadventurousallotmenteer6582 it's a cordyline red star, it has only one trunk. So I don't know if it will work, but i'll do it, thx for the advice.
Interesting, can I ask, is the smell and orange sap typical of all varieties or this particular one only? So far none of mine smell or have sap but have collapsed and feel mushy at the top but firm a few inches below.
I've seen both orange and black secretions, the smell is usually consistent with orange secretions. I'm not sure what the reason is of course, it's probably something to do with fungus. I'd wait for new growth at the base and cut the dead stems down. It may have been later rot that set in, rather than instant cold damage.
Hi, was just wondering if this worked for you? I left mine to see if they recovered but they havent so I'm going to cut of the top part of the trunk which has gone soft (until the trunk is hard) and see what happens, happy to receive any further advice but guessing this is the only thing I can do now :)
I have the same situation as you with 6-ft red cordylines that have went soft and all I was left with was a third of the trunk. I waited 2 months and nothing happened so I dug it up only to find several new shoots just below soil level which I am attempting to make into new plants.
@@waynemitchell2131 yep mine have spouted from the ground again, is it sprouting from the same trunk? My trunk is doing nothing so I'm confused what to do with it, guess I can't dig it out if it's connected to the new sprouts
@@marct5211 yes I had pulled the root up and left it lying around the garden for about a 2 months with very little soil on it and I don't know how many times the dogs must have cocked their leg on it but there was shoots coming away from the base of the stem. I just used a Stanley knife to separate them from the base of main stem but try to keep a slice of the old stem with a bit root attached. Repotted and kept moist they seem to be doing ok a fortnite on.
@@marct5211 I also have trunks in the ground that I have left around 4 months with no leaves on and there seems to be nothing shooting away from them but I think there will probably be something going on just under soil level🤞
Yes they would have not had much chance. I think they derive from a different species too, so are generally more tender. Should still grow back from the roots though.
I had two twenty year old Cordylines,unfortunately the stems were infested with wood lice,and they both died.
A really good video about cordylines! I thought that these plants especially the green variety were more cold hardy than that! I hope they will come back in the spring! I really like those type of plants , I grow many yucca elephantipes and I am thinking to grow dracaena marginata too outside in the ground! Zone 9a is where I am !
Thank you :) it's the run of cold nights and day I think, that caused the damage.
Where are you based, I've tried Dracaena marginata in a very sheltered area here in UK but even with no frost it gradually died due to.lack of heat.
Thanks, that's very helpful. Wasn't sure with mine because it has never had seen bad frosts before the blast in December 2022.
I think it comes as a surprise to alot of people how easily red Cordylines are damaged by cold on the top growth if it is persistent.
It's a shame you've lost the leaves, but yeah hopefully it will push out some new growth to replace them. I brought my small red star cordyline inside during the freeze as it is still pretty small, back outside now though.
Red cordylines do well in pots, just as well really. Do you have plans to plant it outside?
@@theadventurousallotmenteer6582 I’ve not decided if I will plant it in the ground yet or not. I’ll probably keep it in a container for a few years until it gets a bit bigger.
Would cutting back, pruning the leaves off, speed up the process and aid it's recovery ?
If the tissue in the stem is still alive then it could help activate growth.. whether thats speeding up the process, I'm not sure. It would certainly put the plant in 'survival mode" however where it would throw up a lot more new growth. Recovering growth does tend to be slower than original growth however, in my experience.
Thanks, really helpful but can you advise what to do once identified. Do you remove the dead leaves? Leave them on? Cut the trunk? Do this now or in the spring? Thanks Jason
So don't do anything in this scenario until new growth shows either from the roots or lower down the stem. After new growth is visible in the Spring, cut the dead stem down near where the growth emerges from the stem, or near the base just above ground level.
@@theadventurousallotmenteer6582 Thank you so much. Really appreciate your help.
A cordylines are great for growing back from ground and stem
Yes that's true, you can always rely on that if the top growth dies back. Even so if in the unlikely event the whole plant died, they're cheap enough and fast growing enough to start again from a young plant.
Help! Didn't know what to do when Cordyline died at the top and simultaneously got the goo down the trunk which oddly didn't smell. Wrapped it up and left it until the better weather, which has now arrived. I assume that this means I have to cut it back to 10cm off the ground, but will the roots now be rotted too? Guess I can only try and see if ir will regenerate but I might have completely killed it by waiting. Advice welcome!!
My Cordyline Red Star looks the same. And... the green looks the same too! Even ones right up against the house. I will check for the orange secretions. I'm sure the trunk is fine though. My bananas were protected, but they are toast. At least the stems are. I'm sure they'll come back from the roots (well, the large ones will). I did leave my cannas in the ground this year, i'm sure that was a mistake, but I didn't have time to dig them up when the cold was forecast. Oh well.
My baby moas toes pseudopanax were not protected at all and 3 out of 4 look undamaged. The 4th looks dead, but I'm not sure if that was the cold or something else.
I have 2 large green ones also in the garden both have collapsed in the centre and turned a yellow colour but the rest is fine and trunk in good condition
The minus temperatures we had in early December was way to cold wasn't it, can I ask when you are planning on cutting the collapsed crowns away? I've never done it before and I'm unsure when or how to?
@@kazzgarner2687 I'm not sure how to do it either yet. I think it I'll be closely following other youtube channels. But I have seen that most people wait a bit, then cut off all the leaves and then cut the trunk off just below where it starts to feel mushy.
@Karen Garner starting from the top feel your way down the trunk till you get a part that feels solid, then just lop the top off should reshoot either from the trunk where you've made the cut, failing that should reshoot from the base.
They have a good starchy root full of sugars to replace themselves
@theadventurousallotmenteer My large cordylines have developed slime flux, the trunk has rotten with white/orange slime right down to the base. If we chop it right down to ground level, will it grow again? If not, how would we get rid of the roots? Thanks in advance!
Almost certainly it will sprout from the ground around the base of the expired trunk/stem. It may take until May to show, but once it grows, it will grow back fairly quickly.
I grow exotics here in south london and my cordylines look awful,they're all 'spear-pulling' . I think ive lost a Canary islan palm tree too
The London suburbs were hardest hit when considering what is grown in the area. It's a shame.. it reminds me of what happened to Cornwall in 2012. I don't think anywhere in UK is safe from damaging cold long term. Hopefully the plants you mention will pull through.
Not even the Isle of Scilly?
Mine cordyline stink, crown has fallen, and there is a white secretion on the trunk. :(
The above ground growth is unfortunately gone however it'll grow back from the ground! Just cut back all rotting stem growth to about 10cm above ground level to prevent rot spreading to the roots.
@@theadventurousallotmenteer6582 it's a cordyline red star, it has only one trunk. So I don't know if it will work, but i'll do it, thx for the advice.
Interesting, can I ask, is the smell and orange sap typical of all varieties or this particular one only? So far none of mine smell or have sap but have collapsed and feel mushy at the top but firm a few inches below.
I've seen both orange and black secretions, the smell is usually consistent with orange secretions. I'm not sure what the reason is of course, it's probably something to do with fungus. I'd wait for new growth at the base and cut the dead stems down. It may have been later rot that set in, rather than instant cold damage.
Hi, was just wondering if this worked for you? I left mine to see if they recovered but they havent so I'm going to cut of the top part of the trunk which has gone soft (until the trunk is hard) and see what happens, happy to receive any further advice but guessing this is the only thing I can do now :)
I have the same situation as you with 6-ft red cordylines that have went soft and all I was left with was a third of the trunk. I waited 2 months and nothing happened so I dug it up only to find several new shoots just below soil level which I am attempting to make into new plants.
@@waynemitchell2131 yep mine have spouted from the ground again, is it sprouting from the same trunk? My trunk is doing nothing so I'm confused what to do with it, guess I can't dig it out if it's connected to the new sprouts
@@marct5211 yes I had pulled the root up and left it lying around the garden for about a 2 months with very little soil on it and I don't know how many times the dogs must have cocked their leg on it but there was shoots coming away from the base of the stem. I just used a Stanley knife to separate them from the base of main stem but try to keep a slice of the old stem with a bit root attached. Repotted and kept moist they seem to be doing ok a fortnite on.
@@marct5211 I also have trunks in the ground that I have left around 4 months with no leaves on and there seems to be nothing shooting away from them but I think there will probably be something going on just under soil level🤞
As you said looks like it will recover from near the tip 🤞
There are a lot of revelation about collapsing Cordylines in a lot of places now. In general -9 to -10 send them groundwards
Iv lost my pink cordyline, gutted
Yes they would have not had much chance. I think they derive from a different species too, so are generally more tender. Should still grow back from the roots though.