Author: Jewell
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:45 pm (GMT 0)
We have what we call a yucca here (climate very similar to yours) but is really Cordyline australis (Cabbage Tree). When we were in Dublin they called them "palm trees" and were lined up down by the bay. They are usually multiple trunked, but can be single trunked. Mine was single trunked until we had a very cold spell that I thought had killed it. It is back from the roots and is multiple trunked like yours now. They will look pretty sad after a cold winter, but often come back just fine. I find them a very interesting plant. It stands our wet, cool weather 9 months of the year, but does well in a dry, hot location by the front street during our summer. If only it wasn't quite so sensitive to temps into the single digits F.
You can trim out any branches that have died, but I would wait and see if there is any life later in the year. It might have multiple tops where it has initially died back. If you cut a branch off you will notice the most unusually "wood". It is actually just fibers and not wood like. Mine started out as a potted plant (gift) and is now in the ground.
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