cordylines

hi should i tie my cordylines up for the winter please many thanx daz

 

Hi there daz,i was in a garden centre recently & was speaking to someone about that & they recommended doing it,so i'm gonna give it a go this year !

 

Hi!
have a look at this thread - plenty of comments about that there!
http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=000103#000007

 

Thanks Dendy

 

thanx guys nice to have good advice on here....daz. seems some do and some dont mmmmmm

 

Yes, that just about sums it up! Depends where you are, and how exposed you feel it is....

 

I would say yes! they are quite shallow rooted.

I know this from experience i.e. a couple of years ago my one was nearly blown over in the high winds. I have since got rid of it (it was getting too big) and it was the easiest tree/bush? I have ever moved.

 

Daz,I'm in a very exposed position on the west coast of Scotland and I've had several cordylines growing in pots for 3 years now. They get battered by salt laden gales (even in summer sometimes!)and we do get frost and some snow . I've never done anything to protect them and haven't had any problems except that the one at the front of the house has a northerly bend in the trunk because of the strong southerly winds that funnel up the street! :D

 

if thay stand that weather mate im sure i will be fine left alone.thanx mate ..daz

 

tied ours up fist year was a mess when we unwrapped never doit since and it always survives
it is four year old now.

 

I think some of the coloured leaved cultivars are a bit less hardy than the green ones.
Tying up is OK but I tend to think it should only be done at the onset of a spell of severe weather and then untied as soon as possible when it gets milder.
Tying them up just because winter is coming will attract all sorts of insects and rots into the soft growing point.
I was under the impession that they grew a massive tap root, so they should be pretty wind resistant, however most these days seem to be kept in pots until they really have to be planted out, big plant small root system.
Think they should be planted out when relatively young so the roots get a chance to establish.

 

you can over wrap.......unveiling in spring leaves them very anaemic(???spelling). Last year i basically gathered up the leaves into a spike and tied them half way up with a 2 inch strip of that breathable weed cover fabric... this just left a brown line on the undersise of the leaves.....i am so far unwrapped this year