Jasmine Officianale/cordeline

Hi guys, I have the above plant in my garden and think it is 'half hardy'. It's in the ground and is a young plant (about 18 inches tall). How should I protect this plant in the winter, on frosty nights. Do I need to cover the whole plant with fleece or just the ground area?

I also have two cordelines, both new growth. I lost all the leaves last year due to the very cold winter and don't want that to happen again! Do I protect them with fleece just at night or should I leave the fleece on night AND day, if very cold?

 

Hi Oakdaledave

If it's Jasminium officinale (rather than the florist's jasmine, polyanthum) it should survive the winter with no problem at all. However, young plants are always more vulnerable than established specimens, so you may wish to give it an extra mulch with some compost to protect the roots.

I've never grown cordylines, so I'll leave them to others!

 

I have mature Cordylines - about 6 foot high plus. They have survived the last two harsh winters, relatively unscathed (apart from a few broken fronds from the weight of the snow on them!) and I do nothing to protect them. However, they are in the front garden, east facing, protected by the house and hedging from the north wind AND planted in the ground (which I think has a bearing on survival).

I've heard that the purple/red ones are more tender than the bog standard green but I have both and they seem to survive fine.

 

I do not protect my cordelines and up to last winter have been fine but one of my mature cordelines which was about 14 feet didnt survive the harsh winter, another mature cordeline was no problem & I have 1 red leaf cordeline which is 2 years old & about 4 feet which was OK as well. All are planted in the ground, I think it maybe just depends on how the indivdual plant copes