What's looking good in December ...

will it survive pete?

 

It has for the last four or so years, thats all I can say.
They are not totally hardy, so, if it gets colder this winter, who knows.
You have to keep a realistic attitude when growing borderline hardy plants, I think.

 

My banana didn't look as bad as that pete, I threw it out, thinking it had died!!! Tut..

 

Dee, they arn't dead until there is no movement by July.
Never give up. Till July. :D

 

How strange, pete ... I was going to put up my Leo Leo but decided on only the other two ... nice to see yours blooming now. They are strong here and bloom almost non-stop if they are constantly cut back. I've read they can get to over 2 metres tall and mine is heading that way! :eek:

 

Mines about 5ft 6ins, grown from seed last spring, but its in a pot, the ones in the garden are all cut to the ground by frost.

 

But don't they come back after the frost ... or is this your first year with them?

 

Mine was in the greenhouse wrapped up, when i unwrapped it in spring, it didn't do anything for a while, so i threw it out, that was about 2 year ago.. put me off buying any more..

 

LoL, I grew them a few years ago and they never survived the winter, I'm hoping with our milder winters they might make it through.

Dee,was it Basjoo?
If not then it could well have been dead, but basjoo should be hardy enough to come through the winter in a unheated greenhouse, without any wrapping, in fact the wrapping can cause the stems to rot.

 

pete, they seem pretty tough cookies here, but I'm new with them also ... there's a lot I'm watching out for this year ... lost my Alocosia (Pretty Polly) I think in my testing ... but you have to try.

 

I think it was Pete, Shouldn't of wrapped it..I Thought i was doing a good thing, but i didn't know about GC then, so had no one to ask, sniff...wont make that mistake again, bcos i have all you wonderfull gardeners now..

 

Young daisy it should be wrapped your a lot further north than Pete, another cold tolerant one is Musella Lasiocarpa cut them back wrap them and they should come through ok.

 

Thanks walnut. I could try again and buy another one...Cheers.

 

Yeah your probably right walnut, I would only add that it needs wrapping with something that can breathe. ie. hessian or lots of layers of fleece, never the dreaded bubble wrap.
As I tend to fuss a bit about my plants I tend to remove any wrappings when the temp is above freezing, not something a lot of people are prepared to do, keep taking it off and putting it back again, it is a pain.