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Rogers passion for Cordylines continues in this video where we consider the possibility that these increasingly popular trees in UK gardens could be considered 'native' to the UK in the future...? Roger reveals many of the environmental / wildlife benefits he has observed in his 40 years plus experience of successfully growing Cordyline Australis in his South Wales Gardens, in the UK. All sorts of insects, including bees and other pollinators, plus slugs and snails (which seem to do no damage to the plants but could provide food the wild birds who enjoying visiting the trees (sometimes building nests), and as we see in this quite detailed video the white berries containing seeds are popular food for overwintering birds.
Roger then discusses the idea that in the same way the existing native British trees such as Oak, Beech, Willows and Ash may not always have been native if you go back thousands of years their seeds may have been dropped onto UK soil via via birds or wind and the species survived and thrived in the conditions they found .. and they reproduced / colonized successfully.
Now it seems that Cordylines are doing the same with some help with humans ...and wild birds here in the 21st century!
In fact the three palm trees shown in the video were naturally produced as random seedlings that appeared in the garden presumably via bird droppings!
So, what do you think? we would love to hear your thoughts on this ... as some people are saying that we should only be planting what are considered traditional native trees .. many of which are too big for most domestic gardens .. so surely sort sort of suitably sized tree such as the versatile Cordylines would be better than no trees at all?