Cordyline

Macker

hi Im looking for a maturish Cordyline ,position will be a sunny corner about a meter square ,or any small/medium tree that will provide vibrant colour most of the year ,just looking for some height and colour ,any nurseries to recommend?

Rows Grower

Ballyseedy.

Living Off The Splash

Dirty plant. When they start shedding their leaves they are a nuisance.

looksee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121841981#Comment_121841981

Agreed, I have one and any time any mowing happens the cordaline leaves have to be gathered or they tangle in the mower. There are always a few to be picked up, and loads after any wind.

phormium

I don't know what to suggest to you but wouldn't go for cordyline, not pretty except when young in my opinion and in some of the nice colours you can get. The bog standard green is unexciting and definitely a nuisance as it gets bigger shedding leaves, now you can of course chop it down and let it start again but that kind of defeats the purpose you want it for. I haven't seen the more colourful ones in any great size.

I'd visit a few garden centres and have a look and ask questions, where in the country are you and someone might be able to recommend places.

Macker

Im in Dublin but regulary visit the likes of Rathoat garden center ,I work in Drogheda so can visit any nurserie in meath or Louth on my commute

Rubberchikken

We ordered a plum eating apple and lilac lately from future forests online. They're settled in nicely and fingers crossed producing in the next few years.

Just ordered some hawthorn cuttings the other days from same so looking forward to planting them. We have a few mature ones the birds seem to love so thought we'd plant more

I don't know anything about cordyline but would definitely recommend the site we bought from.

looksee

If you plant a hawthorn on its own somewhere - choose one with a strong central leader rather than one that branches from the bottom (which would be better for a hedge) - and let it grow for a couple of years, you can produce a nice medium sized tree. After it is well established start removing the bottom branches to create a trunk and gradually get it to a clear stem with branches starting about half to 2/3 of the way up. Treat it the opposite to a hedge plant, don't trim it initially, though after a couple of years you can take off the tips of any long side branches till you get a nice shape.

loyatemu

I had to remove a mature cordyline to make space for a garden room. Most difficult garden job I've ever done - they're like an iceberg, there's as much under the ground as over it and they grow back if you just cut them. I would never plant one now (I didn't plant that one either). I still have to pick up the bloody leaves though as the neighbours have a huge one.

monseiur

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058338674/cordyline

Try Future Forests in Bantry, Co. Cork - they can arrange delivery by courier etc.

Macker

Thank you ,, I did that with a holly tree and it worked well so I think Ill go that route

Macker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843062#Comment_121843062

Im now gone right off Cordyline

Living Off The Splash

You will get lovely colour from a red robin plant all year round. Can be trimmed to look like a standard tree.

Macker

Thanks ,I've seen them in neighbors Gardens and they look well ,I was was thinking of something more upright ,crabapple maybe?