A corn plant in a shady area of our yard got nipped by the cold, and almost all the leaves have some brown areas. Should I cut it down and try to rejuvenate it or just remove the bad leaves?
Corn plants used for foliage with yellow and green leaves are a type of dracaena that like the shade but not the cold weather. Certainly the brown leaves are lost, but your plant should recover to produce lots of new leaves now that the warmer weather has returned. The problem is most growth is going to be from the top. If your plant is not very tall, then the best suggestion is to remove the old brown leaves and wait for the growth to resume at the top. Even if the plant is somewhat tall, the brown leaves can be removed to grow a single-trunk plant with a green and yellow top. If you want growth from the bottom, then probably it’s best to remove the top and allow new shoots to start from along the stem. Often the plants don’t look quite as good, at least for a while, with a thick trunk and one or two new shoots. Over time, they should grow to conceal the thick stub left at the top and form a new central shoot. Also, if you decide to remove the top, it can be rooted to start another pl
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