Red Cordyline help please.

Hi guys,

I had 2 lovely red cordylines about 4ft tall. Then.........over the last two nasty winters they have been knocked back to ground level. They are growing once again and are about 12-18 inches high. My question is - hown do I protect them from very cold weather in the winter. If I keep going like this, the poor things will never get to much more than 2ft before they get hit again. Any advice would be much appreciated as always. Thank you

 

Red cordylines are very frost tender. You are going to have difficulty if our weather continues the way it has been this past year or so :(

 

Would covering it with anything help do you think?

 

Sorry Dave
I am a man of few words
Yes ... nothing beats a try
You could try wrapping it in fleece or bubblewrap and covering with a clear plastic bag or the like. Avoid anything black as it will keep out daylight
I think that a lot of the problems with cordylines is when snow gets to lie in the crown and then freezes. If you can keep the crown warm and dry you have a chance

 

My cordylines also suffered ,the way I understand it, it was a virus and the cold weather together.

 

I'd go down the fleece road.

Anything that stops the plant breathing is likely to cause rot if left on for more than a few days.

 

Yep, fleece or hessian. get a good thick mulch of something over the root system, and you should be fine.