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if the trunk is oozing pink fluid and the leaves are falling off what is wrong with my plants


On plant Cordyline australis

  • Question asked on 3 Mar, 2010

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Sounds like its dying - as are many Cordylines after this last winter. You can either wait and see, cut it down a bit at the end of this month, and if no growth showing by mid May, get rid of it.

4 Mar, 2010

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