How to Get Rid of Cordyline Plants
Grown for their attractive and colorful foliage, cordyline plants are common container plants that can simply be thrown out when you want to get rid of them. Since cordylines are tropical plants, they are only grown outdoors in the garden in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10B to 11. Getting ridding rid of the outdoor plants isn't quite so easy, but still not difficult. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Cut the cordyline down to the ground with a pair of pruning shears. Keep cutting it back when the foliage begins to grow. Eventually, the cordyline will starve to death from not being able to photosynthesize sunlight.
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Apply a nonselective herbicide that contains glyphosate on the cordyline foliage, following label instructions. It will kill most of the plant after the first application. If some of the cordyline regrows in a couple of weeks, spray it again. Be careful though, glyphosate will kill other plants that it touches.
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Dig a cordyline plant out of the ground. Dig around the base of the plant about 6 to 8 inches and cut under the root ball to remove the cordyline from the ground. If new shoots appear afterward, dig up the remaining roots. You can also cut back new growth or apply glyphosate, as described in Steps 1 or 2.
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