Too tall plant

Vicky123

I have an outdoor plant that's getting way too tall.
No idea what it is but it looks like some kind of palm, very pointy leafs and not much else, just a big mass of pointy green.
How do I cut it down because obviously it'll look weird with blunt ends.
I know nothing at all about gardening and plants so thinking maybe it should just be pulled out altogether.
Thanks

Ganga

A picture might help other identify it for you.

unrecordings

Some kind soul posted a link in another thread to an app that might help:

PlantNet app
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/plantnet/id600547573
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet&hl=en_GB

MysteryMe

Find out what it is first, sizeable palms can be very expensive to buy, you may be able to sell it if you can carefully dig it up.

theoretica

Possibly a yucca? Once you know what it is you can look into pruning it.

Vicky123

theoretica wrote: »

Possibly a yucca? Once you know what it is you can look into pruning it.

It looks like a yucca going by the photo's I've looked at online, but no flowers, just loads of green pointy leaves/fonds. Been there about 10 yrs, it has brown dead ones that pull out easily on the bottom but it's starting to get really high and wild looking.

Davesnave

If it's gone up on a single stem, then it might not be a yucca, but possibly a cordyline.

Carrot007

Vicky123 wrote: »

It looks like a yucca going by the photo's I've looked at online, but no flowers, just loads of green pointy leaves/fonds. Been there about 10 yrs, it has brown dead ones that pull out easily on the bottom but it's starting to get really high and wild looking.

Remove all the dead ones and it will flower next or in a couple of years. The unloved Yucca's here when I moved in did.

Vicky123

Davesnave wrote: »

If it's gone up on a single stem, then it might not be a yucca, but possibly a cordyline.

It could be that, whatever it is the leaves are long and pointy and way too tall now, is it possible to cut it? I'm guessing not because it would look strange but it's very close to the house and taking over a wall so need to deal with it.

Davesnave

If it is a cordyline, this is how to prune it back:
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/when-can-i-prune-a-cordyline/



More questions and answers here:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/01/08/cordylines_feature.shtml

[Deleted User]

I agree it's most likely going to be a Cordyline (flowers are borne on stalks that hang away from the stem), this plant also gets called a Yucca (flowers borne on stiff stems and are large, creamy coloured flowers), a palm tree, and a Phormium (no flowers), but usually it is just a Cordyline !


They self seed very easily under the right conditions, so nothing special that needs to be treasured, and are easy to remove from their site.
Harsh winters may see its stems die but new shoots will be sent up from underground when it's milder again.
Pulling away the dead fronds and then digging it out is fairly easy.


Do a search of the above plants and see which you have.