Cordyline, Cabbage Palm, Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka, Torbay Palm, Dracaena Spike 'Charlie Boy'

I inherited 2 of these plants after taking over an established garden (that comes complimentary with our new house).
It looks very...Read More much like the previous owners paid absolutely no attention to these plants, allowing an unknown pest to eat most of the leaves in a haphazard (pest-like) way.
I cut back the most damaged leaves, more severely on one plant than the other (to see which plant prospers the most by doing this), added a small amount of manure and a full layer of mulch to the soil around the plants, then watered them a couple of times after a long dry spell of weather.
Both plants responded almost immediately by sending up from their centres a number of new (delicate shade of purple) leaves.
It looks like a beautiful new beginning for these plants.

The Cordyline is a Very Fast growing in Pots. Thats could be a Very Annoying thing about this Plant least to me.

This is a fantastic plant which changes colour depending on day light intensity, we had it down to -9C in 2008/9, when the temperatures g...Read Moreradually reduced to this through the winter. Although the foliage was a bit damaged it grew away well in spring, forming a nice trunk. All who saw it were envious. It certainly brightens a border and commands attention.