Growing cordylines from cuttings. In some cases, the openness of bare canes can create an interesting silhouette. Itâs worth cutting on an angle so you know which is the top. When all the leaves are cleared the best thing to do is grab the trunk and feel your way down the trunk until it feels very hard and woody â then cut the top of the Cordyline off. Science adds its two cents with Cordyline ⦠A favourite is Cordyline 'Rubra'. This is very easy to remedy, and can also get you lots of free plants! The ti plant is known by many common monikers, including Hawaiian ti, good luck tree, dracaena and red sister. Hello, I have a cordyline that looks almost the same as this one: I have been told that I need to cut off one of the two stems because it is that that is causing the leaves on the main stem to go brown (similar to those in the picture but much worse). Today I show you How To Grow a Cordyline From a Cutting, and I give you some Growing Tips and tricks. Follow these steps in spring to fix a cordyline that has become leggy: Cut its top off, leaving 10â20cm of clear trunk below the last leaves. Shorten the leaves on the top section because you donât want moisture loss, as there are no roots yet to take up water. 2 replies 28 Feb, 2010 Moonlooker But if you prefer to camouflage them, use cordylines and dracaenas as backdrop plants or use low spreading plants to hide a bit of the legginess. Stick this head directly into the soil or into a pot. The Hawaiian ti, or Cordyline fruticosa, is a lovely plant, distinctive with dark maroon leaves that emerge from the top of tall canes. There now seems to be 4 plants growing in the same big pot. Yes, you can use the head of the plant as propagating material. So if you choose the right ones you can grow them outdoors as far south as Hobart. Remove most of the leaves to help the cutting get rooted. Over the summer it will reshoot along the stem and from the base again. I cut the plant down to a stump but over the years it has regrown this time from the roots I think. Trim off colorful ti plant leaves to accent your indoor arrangements throughout the growing season. Cut the stem into sections at least 30cm in length. It grows naturally not only in the Pacific Islands, but in tropical areas of Asia and Australia, and has become a popular houseplant. Science adds its two cents with Cordyline fruticosa, which is synonymous with Cordyline terminalis. How to Prune a Ti Plant. No matter what you choose to call this attractive tropical ornamental, sooner or later you'll find yourself busy with ti plant pruning. Hi I had a cordyline in a large tub but a few years ago when we had that very long and exceptional cold winter the coryline died off. the leaves have all dropped off of my my cordyline australis and the branch heads are all pappy - two to three inches down - should I cut this back? I have cut my Cordyline Fruticosa stem and directly put that in soil instead of propagating that in water. Itâs been almost two weeks now since i put that in soil and the leaves are turning brown and I â¦