Hi fidget, I know it's not a phormium thread, but in answer to your s we had several phormiums they all turned to mush in that bad winter. The ten yr old coastline did too.but both are very forgiving.the phormiums came back beautifully and the single cordyline produced 7 separate ones from the same original one. And looks brilliant !
I don't have any of those hybridus ones at all @WillDB. I grow niger, and a few of the Orientalis ones, and have seedlings from some of those too. I might have got away with some of them last winter, as I wouldn't consider that a winter at all for here, but you can't rely on that for future years. We can have snow and frosts in May, and frosts start in October, along with all the usual wet, cold and wind. Soil doesn't warm up here usually until about now
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Interesting @WillDB. The nigers are a bit manky at this time of year, and if they're planted too deep, they can rot off, but I keep all of mine a bit proud of the soil level to prevent that, and I don't plant out anything that's too small. Maybe I've also just been lucky with the varieties I have - White Lady, and Blue Lady plus their offspring, and another which a friend sent me As @fidgetbones says- dry cold and wet cold are very different things, and I have a lot of raised beds to counteract that too. I also don't have bare ground anywhere, or as little as possible, which gives plants protection. Anything in the ground has to be bullet proof hardy We have no shortage of cold, wet weather here, and often, after a wet day, the temps drop to freezing conditions, so it's important to work with that in mind.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I might have got away with some of them last winter, as I wouldn't consider that a winter at all for here, but you can't rely on that for future years. We can have snow and frosts in May, and frosts start in October, along with all the usual wet, cold and wind. Soil doesn't warm up here usually until about now
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Maybe I've also just been lucky with the varieties I have - White Lady, and Blue Lady plus their offspring, and another which a friend sent me
As @fidgetbones says- dry cold and wet cold are very different things, and I have a lot of raised beds to counteract that too. I also don't have bare ground anywhere, or as little as possible, which gives plants protection. Anything in the ground has to be bullet proof hardy
We have no shortage of cold, wet weather here, and often, after a wet day, the temps drop to freezing conditions, so it's important to work with that in mind.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...