lost the instructions

how do i look after these three in winter.. lost the labels

 

no 2 and 3 i hope.. thankyou DEE

 

I Know you wont let me down

 

oops again gettin tired.. for some reason copying the wrong pic..3 times!!!

 

Hi Dee is the first one maybe a New Zealand flax (Phormium) and the second one a cordyline do you think?

If I'm wrong someone is sure to correct me as I'm new to all these spiky plants!
Helen.xxx.

 

Me again Dee just wanted to ask whats that stone thing to the right on the top picture looks like it has little gems stuck to it?
Helen.xxx.

 

The last one is a Phoenix canariensis which, at least when it gets bigger, is fairly hardy. have 4, 2 of them smaller than this and all bedded out. The 2 babies, last winter (their first outside) I threw some straw over them and wrapped them in loosely tied sacking. You could use bubble wrap but make sure they have access to water and circulating air. Actually, last winter was so mild I think they would have survived anyway. The bigger ones (which have no trunks yet) were fine. Again, because it's still in a pot you could just bring it in out of any frost, but it will have to be hardened off eventually. It's a tree.

Nos 1 and 2 you could do the same if you are worried. They are either phormium or no. 1 is a sundance cordyline that has been deeply planted. I think no 2 is a cordy but the leaves seem very broad so that could be a flax as well. Still, the treatment is the same.

 

Hello Dee here is my cordylyne which looks simialar to your first photo.

This will be its first winter my landscape guy planted her when he made the raised bed earlier this year.I am hoping she will be sheltered but use fleece it its to get too cold.

As you can see my cape daisy have now outgrown their space why were small plants start of the season you andsee I am not saying summer as all of us have not had a summer until now.

I have planted dwarf spring bulbs the raised will be nice and colourful.

Want to replace my daisy with hellabores.

 

Thanks for your help Helen and john.. I dont know where i put the labels.. searched the house. i seem to remember something about protecting them but to what extent i didnt know.. id hate to loose a plant through ignorance.. i knew one of my friends from GC would help I have a big roll of fleece..and i use pillow slips on other plants too.. works for me :D thanks again DEE.. Helen its a tortoise a Bday pressie.. from wilkinsons..

 

hi Scotkat.. i dont think its a cordy.. the leaves are thicker.. your bed looks great.. i still havent pulled my rudbekia out it looks too good. been planting daffs in the gaps!!isnt the weather great gonna cut the grass later and find some more gaps for daffs.. DEE

 

Hi again Dee love your garden yes weather great for now maybe getting an Indian summer.

Enjoy your day.

 

can you see him now helen? i must change the date on my camera.. keep forgetting John i think your right a Flax, seems to ring a bell.and the phoenix do you think i should put it in the border next year? thanks again DEE

 

I'd bed it out next year when all danger of frost has gone about mid to late May. Then nurse it for a couple of winters.

 

Love the little guy I just thought it might have been somrthing else as like most us girls I do like a little bling!
Helen.xxx.