Hi newbie here

hi all
I have just moved house and have this large cordyline looking plant in the front garden that recently sprouted huge black growths with what look like chillies on the end? I'm a total novice so any help would be great. Do I cut these back? Remove the chillie things and plant them?? Any advice would be really helpful thank you

 

Hi Xantia! Looks like a phormium (or maybe a yucca, probably phormium) . Those are its flowers . My neighbours have a few and they're all flowering right now! Enjoy

 

ah there were some flowers on that have now turned into those chilies! Do I just leave it alone completely then? It is quite large and they do protrude out towards the pavement a bit. Im concerned that they are a temptation for the school kids walking past to grab them etc!. Thanks so much :-)

 

Xantia, you can cut off those flower stems....look like thick sticks....right to the ground. You can also remove leaves if they are in the way, etc. You can divide phormiums too to keep them looking young and colourful. Every spring I remove up to half of the leaves. Tough, tough plant.
Oh! Welcome to the forum Xantia.

 

Brilliant thank you! My first post and so helpful! I'm sure I'll be pestering people with very simple questions over the coming months!!

 

We all were newbies and I doubt if any one of us could claim legitimately to know everything! And welcome from me too

 

xantia

 

Well I chopped out the large growths as suggested and I wondered if these pods (if indeed that's what they are) can be used to germinate new plants out of curiosity?
Thanks