Can freezing temperatures kill a Cordyline? Cordyline care and winter protection guide

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

Beautiful looking garden

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

Quality video boss, that hairband trick is well handy! Respect for mention the Torbay Dazzler also, i thought for a moment you weren't 😂

[@GrowTropicalMK]

@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf Yeah I don't know if the hairband trick is my own invention... it was like discovering fire for the first time I thought of it 😅 String, cable ties I find are a bit tight and can damage the cordyline as they rub on the leaves.

[@campbelltown1234.]

Great idea with the hair bobble. I've used cable ties but it's not great. Thanks for the tips 😀

[@GrowTropicalMK]

@campbelltown1234. yeah, I used cable ties last year, but they tended to rub on the leaves. These are really soft hairbands, not like the standard type. As I mentioned, I am not an expert on hairband types so not sure if they have a different name lol 🤣 Thanks for watching.

[@richf_tropical_garden_projects]

great video! hopefully we dont get too much more of this cold weather!

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Yeah man i will be doing everything I can to protect them this winter. What was the cordy situation like where you are after the 2022/2023 winter?

[@richf_tropical_garden_projects]

@GrowTropicalMK i dont blame you ! i had one get cut back to the ground but quite a few large ones around the area did ok and kept the height and leaves

[@GrowTropicalMK]

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects very encouraging.. i am more worried about my t rex tbf, as only really the first year. I could put my indivisia in that cabin if it got real bad and no more worrying about my Australis!

[@richf_tropical_garden_projects]

@@GrowTropicalMK it seems some areas where hit much worse , has it got much woody stem? should be alright if it does🤔 yeah that could be worth it if it dips alot!

[@GrowTropicalMK]

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects yes it has a woody stem, videos i have watched are encouraging, just a shame to lose the height

[@essexhognose1808]

Plenty of large red star cordyline near me, not as big as the plethora of green ones but still enough to suggest that they 'should' be ok?

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Yeah, I think it was just a particularly bad winter for milton keynes. There are no tall ones visible from the streets/roads in MK. Only 1 or two large green ones managed to keep their tops also. I used to live in reading, and most of the green ones are still all good, but plenty of red ones lost their tops.Interesting to know, did you get the same -6/-8c sustained lows in Essex?

[@essexhognose1808]

@GrowTropicalMK I'd like to say no? Only recently been watching the weather due to starting with the tropical this year, but as a biker, it certainly wasn't that low on the daily commute for last few years

[@GrowTropicalMK]

@essexhognose1808 this is encouraging. I think they would be able to handle much colder, but only in a short burst, the sustained temps were the problem for me. My neighbours red star was 10 years old and managed to get to 3 foot high, so obviously, the winter has not been that bad in this time frame. The best of luck with your new tropcial garden this winter. I will get onto watching some of your vids soon.

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Just realised, you don't have the tropcial vids. You planning on them?

[@essexhognose1808]

@GrowTropicalMK it's been a while since I had all my snake videos up, need to get my ass I to fear and show my tropical journey from the start...