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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.

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

The link has been replaced Erik, my summer was not hot. I'm isn't far off from Europe.

Serj,
that is beautiful! Congratulations. --Erik

Great job, Serj!

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

Looks good Serj!

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

Barb

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

MIND?

We all mind if you DON'T post pictures

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

Here is pic of my fortunei


Jubaea and sabal minor


Fortunei seedlings, laurus, araucaria angustifolia


And common view on my plants

Serj, there are NO signs they had a winter.

Wonderful protection!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Great job, Serj!

I agree, WOW.

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

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.

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

Serj everything looks good!!

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

Awesome job, Serj !!

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

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

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...

Here is a new pic.

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.

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

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

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...

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

Looks great Serj!

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????

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

Good one, Mike!

Glad you had minimal damage.

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

Good to see! Nice Cordyline.

John

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.

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

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Barb

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

Barb, love the red cordylines!

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

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

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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!!!

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....

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

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

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