My cordyline australis after winter 2010-2011

serj · Post by **serj** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:25 am

Hello guys! The spring is coming despite some freezes at night. It was a fine weather today and i opened my palm cover. Here is pic of my cordyline australis. It's looking fine after winter. It was -19 C this winter once.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:16 am

Serj,
I couldn't open the photo.

Last winter (2009-2010), I left my Cordyline in the ground and assumed it would die. We got to -18C. Amazing, it came back from the roots in Spring. But was killed by Summer heat.
You also had a hot Summer in 2010. No problems with it?
I don't plan to try again; Phormium is also killed by my summer heat. I'll stick with Yucca (etc.) for that look. --Erik

serj · Post by **serj** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:05 am

The link has been replaced

Erik, my summer was not hot. I'm isn't far off from Europe.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:07 am

Serj,
that is beautiful! Congratulations. --Erik

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:25 pm

Great job, Serj!

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:35 pm

Are very root hardy but not so much above the ground.
The fronds are killed off at about -7C.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:26 am

Looks good Serj!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:09 am

Looks perfect, good results, Serj.
It'll grow really well this year.

Barb

serj · Post by **serj** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:37 am

Thanks! Would your mind if share some my palm pics?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:58 am

MIND?

We all mind if you DON'T post pictures

Look forward to seeing how well they are doing late winter!

Barb

serj · Post by **serj** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:35 am

Here is pic of my fortunei

Jubaea and sabal minor

Fortunei seedlings, laurus, araucaria angustifolia

And common view on my plants

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:47 am

Serj, there are NO signs they had a winter.

Wonderful protection!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:56 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Great job, Serj!

I agree, WOW.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:11 am

Yes, wow. Please share your winter protection tips, now and (especially) in September.

serj · Post by **serj** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:01 am

At first i have to say my plants grow near my fathers house. It means two things: warm ground in winter and good microclimate. My shelter is box that built from the styrofoam 2-inch panels. It has size 1x1x0,5 meters. I took 4 panels and spliced it with glue. After this i excavated trench with box-size, installed the box into the trench. The time when i did it was october (15-20 of october). On top i put 4 styrofoam panels. In such method i have 2-inch cover above box that easy opened when i needed it. Outside box i put some leaves and snow.

Sorry for my bad English. I'm ready to answer your questions.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:10 am

Your English is PERFECT, Serj.
So is your winter protection method.

Your father will have a wonderful garden with your plants.
He must be very happy that you garden in his yard.

Thanks for the great pics.
Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:08 pm

Serj everything looks good!!

And.. your english is much better then mine, and its the only language i speak LOL

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:46 pm

Awesome job, Serj !!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:56 am

Thanks for sharing Serj. I love the Cordilyne Australis. I have them in pots: never brave enough to leave them outside.

serj · Post by **serj** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:44 am

It is easy to grow the cordyline outside when the protect is reliable

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:52 pm

serj wrote:It is easy to grow the cordyline outside when the protect is reliable

Maybe I'll give it t try this year. I have alot of them in pots and one really big one whose trunk is about 24 cm diameter. It is pretty hardy...

serj · Post by **serj** » Sun May 29, 2011 12:15 pm

Here is a new pic.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:10 am

Looking good

I have tried this and Australis in the poly-tunnel/cactus house.

They are both(at the very least)root hardy even from single digits-

protected.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:16 am

Oh, yeh! It looks good. I wished I have the natural form of the australis!

serj · Post by **serj** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:25 pm

I'm affraid of my cordyline. It grows too fast. In comparision my fortunei have a 0,45 meter size.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:29 pm

Very nice. My beauties are all dying off now from the severe heat this summer and now the 19.75 inches of rain we had in August...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:46 pm

Serj, what a healthy specimen!
Nice job.
Palms and bamboo have done well for you this summer too.

Mike,
Hopefully your drainage can handle all that rain.
You don't expect to lose any plants I hope!

Your 1 month rainfall is almost double the precip we receive in TWO years.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:54 am

Looks great Serj!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:16 am

lucky1 wrote:Serj, what a healthy specimen!
Nice job.
Palms and bamboo have done well for you this summer too.

Mike,
Hopefully your drainage can handle all that rain.
You don't expect to lose any plants I hope!
Your 1 month rainfall is almost double the precip we receive in TWO years.

Barb

Luckily no real flooding here, even basement was dry (sump pump and french drain)
Lost four of the top largest leaves off of my biggest Musa...Devil!!! It was looking so cool too! They snapped right off.
It really was a lot of rain last month. After a very dry may and june, i did the raindance, next time maybe just a little poem will do????

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:22 am

next time maybe just a little poem will do????

Good one, Mike!

Glad you had minimal damage.

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:45 pm

Great work, Serj! So many cordylines get thrown away here as "annuals".

Okanagan desert-palms · Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:10 pm

Good to see! Nice Cordyline.

John

serj · Post by **serj** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:20 am

This winter was the one of the coldest winter during last 50 years. I'm not sure if my USDA-zone is still 6a. We have had 25 days with subzero temps by Celsius. It was -30 C once.

But my palms shelter was a good protection for my plants. The styrofoam of 9 cm is a good insulator. Inside of my shelter was -8 C as a minimal temperature for 25 day. Here is pic of my plants that was taken 3 day ago.

My citrus yuzu (junos) survived too.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:49 am

Spectacular results Serj, not a mark on any plant in there.
No fungus either.

The Cordyline continues to grow

You'll have to build very big boxes soon.

Here are my 3 Cordyline Red Star from the cold barely-heated building

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/6668959291/" title="DSC05264 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6668 ... 3747_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC05264"></a>

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:53 pm

-30C wow, that's cold. Your plants look great Serj!

Barb, love the red cordylines!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:53 pm

serj, I was wondering how your plants would do with the extreme cold! It's great to see that they've survived!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:53 pm

lucky1 wrote:Spectacular results Serj, not a mark on any plant in there.
No fungus either.

The Cordyline continues to grow
You'll have to build very big boxes soon.

Here are my 3 Cordyline Red Star from the cold barely-heated building

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/6668959291/" title="DSC05264 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6668 ... 3747_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC05264"></a>

Barb

Nice...love the red stars, they grow very quickly too! I have some of them, Do you ever get yellow pigmentation on them? It looks like spotted leaopard leaves when the sun shines through: trippy!!!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:51 pm

I think My red star is toast. Left it in the back porch. It was good untill a few weeks ago, when we had a night at -28C. I wont loose hope....

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:22 pm

Mike,
I'm grateful to you for convincing me they weren't annuals

Jesse,
-28C ??? good luck with that.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:23 pm

IT was in the porch. IT stays at least 10C warmer then outside. The thing is still red in some parts.

PalmsNorth.com

My cordyline australis after winter 2010-2011

My cordyline australis after winter 2010-2011

Cordies