La Cordeline Jute Twine 5mm

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Move themto a frost-free location, such as a greenhouse, porch or conservatory. You can also give them temporary shelter in a shed or garage during cold snaps. When planting in a container, as a houseplant or in summer container displays, use multipurpose or loam-based compost such as John Innes No 2. See our container planting guide. However, purely because it would have been a major undertaking to remove them, we just cut the main stem down to almost ground level in the spring with the idea of hiding the stumps with other planting around them. It looks equally good in city or coastal gardens and anywhere you want to add an element of the exotic. These plants are woody-stemmed shrubs, often grown for their attractive evergreen foliage. The sword-like leaves are shades of green, bronze, reddish orange and purple. As they grow, they lose their lower leaves and begin to look like stately palm trees.

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These can be left until the late Spring / early Summer months and new stems should start appearing from the inside of the plant. A good feed with all purpose granular or liquid feed between May and September should assist – see below. Though these plants are grown for their architectural foliage, they produce spectacular clusters of white flowers in good summers. The flowers are followed by small red or purple berries. There are no preventative or control measures, unfortunately, as the main cause of these problems was the intense cold in December 2010. However, here are some steps you can take to deal with this issue if it occurs after other severe winters.

Also known as cabbage palms, cordylines are evergreen shrubs or palm-like trees from New Zealand. Young plants look like a low fountain of strappy foliage, then as they mature they form a strong stemand can reach 3–10m (10–30ft) tall, resembling an exotic palm. Research the height and spread of your cordyline, which will give you an idea of how it's going to grow into its space

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Any new shoots that appear the following summer should, ideally, be protected in the following winter. Fold up the leaves like an umbrella and cover with a double layer of fleece. These measures will provide several degrees of additional frost protection, but are no defence against really cold winters. The only sure way to keep cordylines from year-to-year is by overwintering in a frost-free greenhouse Much to our surprise, both of them started shooting from the base again so what was a single stemmed 'tree', became a multi stemmed feature over the course of the year! The crown of leaves initially appear to 'wilt' or flop. The leaves often fall away individually, collecting on the ground in noticeable amountsCordyline australis ‘Southern Splendour’ – unusual bi-coloured leaves, dark greyish green with bright pink edges Cordylines are widely available all year round in garden centres, tropical nurseries and online suppliers, including RHS Plants.