draecena spike palm

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:42 pm

Has anyone had any success with these? I have 2 of these (they look like a yucca's but I call them spike palms). I plan to overwinter these in my garage as I hear the central heat during the winter does them in. I am cool climatizing them now.

They are a striking looking tree and have grown to 7 feet (potted). They are still outside (-3C evening coldest temp).

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banana joe · Post by **banana joe** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:27 pm

I have dozens of them in my garden. My tallest are like trees now. The largest I've seen on our island have 20'ft of trunk and branched crowns. They are hardy down to approx. -8 C. or 17.6 F. They are cheap to buy and they do grow fast. If they freeze to the ground they will resprout. Joe

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:51 pm

Thanks Banana Joe,

That means I can keep them out until the temps drop to at least -5C consistently at night.

I guess they don't mind all the rain you get?

If you can, post me a pic or 2 of those big ones out in your area...

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Post by **Jay-Admin** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:03 pm

Here's a couple of cordys i took a pic of back in June when i was on Van. Island.

http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=437

Regards,
Jay

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:04 am

Thanks Jay,

They look really nice...

By the sounds of it...they are semi hardy and an excellent specimen to try in the north/south garden landscape.

I assume the base doesn't have to be mulched out in the lower mainland?

I'm going to push mine as far as I can.

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I'm going to try and incorporate these in my yard nxt spring.

They are about $20

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:27 pm

I had a 12 footer until the deep freeze in Jan 04, 13.5 F (-10.3 celcius) on one peculiar night. It froze to the ground but the full effects of the freeze wasn't evident for a month or more. Since then multiple shoots have replaced the original. That's why you don't see massive Cordyline like you do in southern England and Ireland. Like Joe says "hardy to about -8 celcius" so many winters they go unharmed.
As a side note the original flowered and set seed, many of which I have potted up ready to go to good homes.

Cheers, Barrie in Lantzville.

banana joe · Post by **banana joe** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:45 pm

How does your Cordyline look now? I bet it looks awesome with multitrunks. There was a huge one in town rigt in front of the sewing store. They cut it down in June because they said it was getting to big. The trunk diameter at the base was 6"inches or so. It has more than a dozen shoots that have sprouted off the stump and they must be over 2'ft in height now. I wish they would have left it alone. I was going to take some pics. of it, but they took the saw to it before I could get some. Joe

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:18 pm

Thanks boys...for me that means growing them potted for now...then I'll try planting a few close to the foundation of my house, in a raised bed...anything's worth a try...

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Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:36 am

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I read somewhere about an enthusiast in Ontario growing these outside, and either building an enclosure or some other winter protection method. They appeared to be quite sizeable for the climate.

Joe,
The original Cordyline froze to the ground nearly 3 years ago. Since then it's grown to nearly shoulder height with about 6 - 8 new shoots. Shame about the Large one in Ganges being cut down.
Here's a pic I just took of the new shoots.

Cheers, Barrie (Lantzville)

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:22 pm

Barrie,

Nice pics....its amazing how it grew back....anything's worth a try as long as I keep the constant cold/windchills off the tree (protection)...and of course select a proper site.

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PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:24 pm

Barrie,

I meant to ask you if you remember that article and where I can locate it?

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banana joe · Post by **banana joe** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:03 pm

Right on Barrie. They are an amazing plant. Very drought tolerant too! Joe

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:59 pm

Like Barrie, Mine set seed in the summer of 2003 but froze to the ground in -9C temps in Jan 2004. I also have multi trunks and they are now about 6' tall each of them. Cordies grow quickly. If we have a mild winter again I am sure it will flower again this summer.
The flowers smell great.

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:33 am

PALMETTOMAN, sorry man I don't recall for certain but I believe it was on GardenWeb if memory serves me. I haven't visited that site in quite some time, but it's likely in the Palms and Cycads forum from GardenWeb.

Cheers, Barrie in Lantzville

P.S. No wind at all here in Lantzville during todays storm that lashed the mainland, Victoria and parts of the southern Gulf Islands. Not even a lick of wind.

banana joe · Post by **banana joe** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:41 pm

Barry, It was a nice sunny day so I decided to take along my camera and snap some pics. I e-mailed you a wack of them. Check out the Cordylines, they were planted in 1991. The Yuccas in that garden are just coming into bloom. They have a nice big clump of Yucca gloriosa 'Superba'. We toatlly esacped any winds up here on the north end of SSI. I did hear on the news that the Southern Gulf Islands got nailed, but it wasn't SSI. I'm thinking it was the outer Gulf Island facing the Strait of Georgia side. East side of Mayne, Galiano and Saturna got hammered I believe. I was told they even cancelled the ferries in the morning from Tsawassen. The highest wind speed I recorded here was only 5.6 mph. Cheers, Joe

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:13 pm

Banana Joe,

Send me some of those pics....

On another note......

If you have a chaemerops humulis, throw that in...

I have 3 that I've been hardening off. They bushed out and added some offshoots this year..The cool wind has not fazed them yet, nor has the cold (-3C lowest temp to date @ night).

They are planted in my raised beds.

I plan to push them as far as I can before I experiment with temp protection ie: heat bulbs and tarp.

Hopefully that won't be till December...

They are my favorite palm this year...

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Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:41 pm

Yes indeed Joe ... That was as you say a "wack" of pics in my in box. Here's a few samples of what you sent for others here to see.
Cheers, Barrie.

One more I stubbled across for the Sabal palmetto fans ... a nice seniorita and a few Sabal palmettos.

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Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:41 am

Nice pics.

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:35 pm

Hey boys...

Very nice...

What a place...

That last one looks like somewhere in South Carolina..?

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