WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CORDYLINES HAVE COLLAPSED
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2023
- This vide is what to with damaged cordylines from the big freeze we had this winter.
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I feel your pain..lost a few plants myself, but surprised to see a few that I thought wouldn’t make it have .Happy plant shopping ,some good haves to come out of losing plants 😀
Hi yes lost lots of plants this winter. Big learning curved. Bought new plants that will survive lower temps. Bonus is it will look like a different garden this year
Awww the pain! I feel it too but best to be realistic about prospects of recovery. I have lost a few and left my two bigger ones to see if they will right themselves. I do like red stars but their winter resilience levels are pretty low. Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome, I know the pain just when your think your garden is getting somewhere this winter happens. Big learni curve. Thats exactly what I'm doing now let them try and sort themselves out. Won't be getting the red stars again, will just plant ricinus in it's place
Thanks for this. I had 2 huge Cordylines in my border that I planted in spring lockdown 2020. Last year they sprung up like crazy and the red one was almost 5ft by Autumn. Sadly the harsh frosty winter seems to have destroyed them both this year (hadn’t affected them before). I was literally about to dig them up and bin them, but thanks to this video I may be able to salvage them! And of course protect them next winter!
I also had a 6ft one took straight back to the ground, just give them time and hopefully they will re grow. I went garden centre yesterday and wow how much have they gone up in price.
Both mine were great last year right up to November. We had snow a couple of times over winter that didn't do them any favours. Cut them both today as seen in the video, both still around 3 feet high and strong trunk. I do hope they recover, I love them so much.
Fingers crossed for you hopefully they will re grow. I did mine about 6 weeks ago. No movement yet. I've just had spear pull on another cordyline which seemed OK. Still getting the end of winter damage now. When will it ever end.
i'm no gardener
but I could have told you palm trees are not native to Britain
hence the reason you see them in hot countries when you go on your holidays
you seem to have put all your eggs in one basket and filled your garden with palm trees trying to recreate Spain, Greece or Italy in your UK suburban semi.
which I could have predicted would end in tears eventually.
Try Raspberry, Blackberry and Gooseberry plants, they grow very quick, are indestructible and produce loads of tasty fruit each year.
as do apple and pear trees ,also indestructible and require no maintenance, but they take many years to grow.
I only looked this up because I see neighbours either side of me have dead sticks with brown mop heads in their gardens.
Yeah all good advice there. With all my failures so far I've had a lot of positives along the way so far. Plenty of Hardy plants and palms have made it through the winter we have just had. All a learning curve plus fun as you mentioned trying to create a tropical garden in our cool cold country
Awesome video thank you so much for sharing. Heart breaking to see all that hard work ruined every winter but in nature these things happen because of climate change nature will find a way. Don't give up KEEP GROWING LIFE IN YOUR GARDEN 🙏
That's it Glenda. It was actually heartbreaking watching my plants slowly die over this winter. Took me alot of energy to get goin again. Only bonus is makes the garden look different. Plus makes me learn learn more about what I can grow. Trying to plant a few more evergreen for more winter colour. Thank you for your kind comments
Very sad to see Matt 😢 Like you mentioned though the small ones are pretty cheap to replace, just a shame to lose the height on your larger ones though.
Yeah it is Peter but as I'm in a positive mood since I've bought loads of plants. It will give my garden a complete different look this year. Cheers mate
Sad to see after all the hard work you’ve put in, I guess it’s all about the learning, I’m sure it will look great again come summer 👍🏻
Cheers Marc it will look good again. I will make sure of it. Bonus of this happening is the fact the garden will look completely different
Thanks really useful. Just commented on your earlier video about these but now I’ve watched this one I think I know what to do with mine now. Wish me luck!
Thanks very much, I wish you look hopefully they will grow back for you, just be very patient with them
The smaller one was soft almost all the way down to ground level so I've just cut it back to that - will see what happens.
Larger one I've cut back to where it feels solid but the bark is still sliding off there - hopefully that's not a bad sign?
Mine where like that, the bark just slid away. When I cut in it was still soft. The red ones are less Hardy than the green ones.
This was the larger green one where the bark slid off - shall I keep cutting it down until the bark is solid and not sliding off?
That's what I did. I kept taking cm by cm at a time till it was solid. I was amazed how far down I actually had to go
I have one in a corner of my garden that I put in around 4 years ago, it was only small. The single trunk had grown 3 meters in that time but the cold hit it hard this year and I have cut a meter off the top. 😢
Fingers crossed it should recover well.
Hopefully Jonnie this winter has not been kind to us all. Everyone I speak to has lost loads of plants usually ones that will survive our winters. I just think it was a fact it was sooooo cold for that week we didn't get above -oC that has done the damage.🤞 yours will hopefully re shoot and grow away strong again.
I lost about 30+ as I was admitted to hospital in November, came home February 1st so didnt get to prep them for winter, Ive bought a few new ones but cant believe the prices, last year 5ft in pot £25 now £38
I was going to teke the seeds from the very large cordy's and grow from seed, will give this a try first
Cheers. Brill video
Thanks Alastair for the comment, shame you we in hospital when the bad weather came I bet you were looking out of the window fuming that you couldn't protect them. I'm to have just been I'm hospital it's now the opposite and making sure everything gets watered. The price of the cordylines has certainly shot up especially when they are such fast growers, garden centre or someone making a lot of money.
Hi Matt, this was painful to watch. Fingers crossed the ones you have cut back will regrow. I have lost two and have one which has a solid 8" stem so I am hoping it will regrow. Only time will tell. X Shauna
Hi Shauna it was really I was actually using the cordylines for my colour over winter and eventually structure for height in the garden. Wow my plans have had to change. Hopefully your garden is all OK after this winter 😫
The only good thing is that cordylines are cheap and easy to get hold of went in to my local b&M yesterday that had nice sizes 1x at 32 and also redstars , Im not waiting for the regrowth (lifes too short) already replaced .I have a localish supplier she has 3-4 £15 .I think we all learnt a lesson about cordylines this winter
That is very true about life being to short. Plus the fact they are cheap. Maybe they is any easy way of getting them through a severe cold snap like we do have every now and again
The joy of these plants for me and I believe most others is seeing them eventually start to sore into the air with long trucks. I live near Brighton and there are loads a good 3-4m up in the air and they look stunning! But when you see younger ones get that damaged from one bad winter that just puts me off. I don’t care if it reshoots at the base, they’re cheap to buy, but if I lose a truck built up over years then that’s just painful!
I completely agree they look stunning when they are that big. Hopefully you haven't had to much damage down there in Brighton
@@mattsuktropicalgarden any I see with a trunk under about a metre seem to have collapsed, the really tall ones seem ok driving around. I had a red star in a pot which had about a 1.5ft truck and it’s fully collapsed, although the trunk itself isn’t squishy like your footage, but i seems gone at the moment. Going to see what happens 🤞🏼
This is completely new to me though and had no idea how vulnerable they can be. Trachycarpus palms seem the most reliable now!
All the cordylines where I live a part from 2 massive ones about 5-6m tall with big canopy have survived. I even lost chamrops palm, my small trachycarpus have pulled through, they are Hardy as nails though, been a big learning curve this winter.
@@mattsuktropicalgarden yeah I unwrapped my washingtonia robusta palm yesterday, only had about a ft trunk to, so was small but the entire thing was like a packet of kindling for lighting a fire 😪. Was pretty gutted about that. I’ve also lost the entire trunk of a large musa basjoo which I was really happy with last summer at a good 1.5m tall plus the leaves. That’s back at ground level again. Lesson learnt on being a bit relaxed on wrapping things up. Previous few winters before have been tame by comparison! Hope you get some good bounce back
My musa were flattened as well. My washies I over wintered in my garage as they are not Hardy till they get bigger, its gutting losing plants, palms when all you want is them to get bigger and better as the years go by.
i have had good results putting the cordylines in pots and using a walmart generic grow light during the winter. they slow down growth but they never go dormant this way.
That's good. I was going to bring my pot ones into the garage when the temperatures dropped but with my knackered back at the moment I couldn't lift em. Great advice thank-you for commenting
Morning Matt, thanks for the video, on a totally different topic, where did you get your tree ferns? I fancy a small one this year :D
Hi mate hope your well. I bought then online from a company called Primrose, but they are so expensive at the moment
@@mattsuktropicalgarden ta! Yeah tell me about it
Yougarden is the cheapest online at moment still not cheap. Wow just been on primrose they have doubled in price. Might sell mine will pay mortgage of lol 😆
Great video I've been searching the Internet to find someone with the same weathered plants as me. I have 3 large brown ones with thick trunks and this years UK extreme cold temps has spoilt them for the first time. Yesterday I removed all the dead squishy top so I'm left with trunks about 2ft tall.
I have covered the tops with a sandwich bag to help protect them from cold and rain not sure if this is the right thing to do as I've seen some people seal theirs with wax.. Any more suggestions on how to protect them so they hopefully recover and grow leafs
Hi thank you first off all. If you cut the top at an angle the rain should roll away. Hopefully we have had our last severe frost now, don't think I can take anymore after this winter. All you have to do is now wait, might look abit sightly waiting fir them to grow again. Just be patient
I'm done with cordylines, because even if they sprout, it will be the same struggle every winter...
I do agree with you there. But since there in the ground I will just leave em in for now, plant ricinus seeds over the tops. See what happens. Are you growing anything in its place
@@mattsuktropicalgarden yes I did plant my euphorbia characias wulfenii last week where the cordyline was, and my phornium looks alive. I think phornium or yucca gloriosa are the best substitute if you want something which looks like cordyline.
I have some yucca gloriosa already growing away nicely bought a few more. Bought recently found out that they side shoot easily so will get plenty more in future. My phormium has been hit to the ground as well this year. Great suggestions. I bought a few rudolph euphorbia as they halve striking red stems
My single remaining cordyline torbay dazzler bit the dust this year. I won't be replacing it either. Pink passion variety died on my the year before. Someone's trying to send me a message I think....no more cordylines in my garden 😂😂
I agree with you there. I've got 2 left in very bad condition left. If the others re grow great. I've bought knew plants to replace them, one good thing is least it will make me garden look a hole lot different this year 👍
I am very upset to have lost mine this winter, mine was 7 years old, i have cut the crown off to the point of the stem being hard but I’m now really concerned that i have slime flux 😭 as i can see an orange colour in the cracks . What hurts the most is it was the most stunning plant and just made the garden so inviting and beautiful
I tried everything in December to help it but Mother Nature 🌬️ won
I’m Heartbroken 💔 and now worried that if it has slime flux it could harm my other plants/ lawn .
Lost so many other plants too and it makes you realise how lucky i was to of had them as they’re all vulnerable to diseases/pests and the elements.
Not sure what to do?
Hi Jason I really do feel your pain. I've lost lots of plants to which made my garden stand out.
I'm trying a new approach this year, growing a canopy of different plants to hopefully protect more from frosts. But I personally think we are going to have more harsh winters.
As regards the slime I had a bit of that in a few of my cordylines I just cut further down to where it was solid. Virtually at the ground fingers 🤞 they will re grow
I had slime flux in a fern once, my green fingered friend advised spooning it all out then scraping the snotty remains off with a spoon....then put 3 capsules of hydrogen peroxide (3%) in a litre of water and pour it over the slimy cavity. It worked! Saved the plant although it took ages to completely come back.
I used a chisel typical man and dug out the rotten croziers. It had made my crown small. But the new croziers are growing although they are alot small when they start to unfurl. Plenty if tlc this year and try and dig the crown out a little.
Wonderful video but also loved the music....what was that track???? cheers
HI Keith thanks for the kind remarks, the music was called Vital Whales by Unicorn Heads
I lost my 15ft cordyline in the winter of 2010, my 5ft one survived this until this January, it's a bit of a bummer, but the one I lost back in 2010 once I had cut it back to it's base it produced atleast 5 shoots from it's tap root, and they go deep, so it's still possible for them to survive under ground if all else fails above.
Hi Richard 15ft I bet that was beautiful to look at. I bet you were gutted back then. How long did it take to grow back and did it grow as big. Your 5ft one got hit with the big freeze again this year. Its such a shame us gardeners try are hardest and 10 cold days destroys years of hard work
@@mattsuktropicalgarden hi matt, that particular cordyline got dug up by new owners around 2015 the other 5ft one I dug up and took to my new property where it grew to 12ft before the last cold spell, I have grown seedlings so I won't be without them totally,one of my neighbours is devastated he lost a 25-30ft one. Anyway onwards and upwards as they say, good luck with your gardening.
Thank you Richard, my garden rescue is currently on the way, another garden transformation this year, I'm goin for a more Cold Hardy garden, more evergreen with tropicals planted throughout, hope your garden comes together as well.
Hi, was just wondering if this worked for you? I left mine to see if they recovered but they havent so I'm going to cut of the top part of the trunk which has gone soft (until the trunk is hard) and see what happens, happy to receive any further advice but guessing this is the only thing I can do now :)
Hi Marc yeah 1 has sprouted out 2 shoots from the base about 15cm tall now. A couple of the others when I inspect them which were chopped backed to near the ground there are a few nodes fattening up hopefully waiting to burst into life. If nothing on yours is growing out of the top by now cut it down to where it is hard and give it time to grow
I’m keen to see how the green ones close to your house get on as mine is in the same state but with a lot more dropped bottom leaves and a brown crown 😞 I got mine from B&M in summer for £30 and it was a great focal point in my small garden. I’d be interested in preventative measures to stop this happening next winter. I hear a fleece and tying the fronds up helps but I don’t really know how to go about it as mines is potted and sits on slabs, think it’s all caused by the roots freezing too long. I’m on the fence wether to salvage mine, buy a new one, or find a hardier specimen that’ll survive as Scottish -5 week in winter!
Hi jen sorry to hear about them. Yeah couple of issues like mine. 1 in pots as you say to cold, 2 no over head cover, the frost got inside the crown-growth point. I have done another video with growing yuccas instead of cordylines if your going to replace them alot hardier. As you said you spent £30 is alot of money. Hope it helps
I've heard you can wrap them with bubble wrap and string for 5 months of the year, but your garden will look stupid.
That is very true, I've moved onto hardier plants, growing very cold tolerant yuccas to replace them as I agree I don't want bubble wrapped plants to look at, however this winter was extremely cold where I live
My cordy didn’t make it. All the leaves started peeling off and the whole crown was mush. I cut it to the base but nothing has grown. Still a stump in a pot. Sad times. Must say, my mum, who bought hers at same time and it looked awful in winter, was cut to the stump and she’s enjoying several new sprouts from the soil level. She’ll bring it inside this year or wrap it for this winter to pretext the new growth. Me? I’m over Cordy’s now. Will look into hardier yukka’s! You live, you learn!
I have done the same, already had a few yucca gloriosa variegata. But this year bought yucca gloriosa plain green ones and yucca aloifolia which will survive our cold temps. But won't give up on my cordylines which are recovering
Just gutted to have lost my 2 beauties, they were too tall to reach with winter protection and are now deader than flares. I cut one down yesterday and discovered the other has a birds nest full of babies....so happy I noticed just in time. At least its doing some good after death! No more cordylions for me any more though. Thanks for the vid, it was helpful.
Hi Hanne sorry to here you lost your cordylines especially when they grew to such a height. I bet they looked good. I'm to moving away from cordylines 1 because they can't take a cold winter so preparing myself for that. 2 they have shot up in price. I have done an alternative to cordylines I have done a video on yuccas that are winter hardy and will grow into something amazing.
@mattsuktropicalgarden yes I saw that, was looking at the Yuccas earlier. The Rostrata looks great but ouch, they are expensive. Everything seems to be at least £20 more expensive, to be expected I suppose. Thanks for the great videos!
I bought my yucca rostrata online £50 each ish I think best price I could find around. I do a few expensive star buys I want a year to spread the cost out. Thanks you for liking my videos. I do try my best as I'm only a novice trying to make a tropical ish looking garden, and showing people cheap ideas and what has worked and failed so people don't make as many mistakes as I Do 🫣
I have two established cordylines,and bought another one last year,biggest one was touching 8foot high,the established ones are over 10+ years old,this winter the tallest one died,newest one died also,I have one left
Sorry to hear that, were they the green ones or the red ones. I've seen loads of well established cordylines been hit this year. All the red ones have gone. Still seen a few very large green ones that have survived somehow with no protection. It's been a very harsh winter this year.
it was a red one,i too have been puzzled as to why the green ones are ok
The greens ones are alot more cold tolerant than the red ones. However my green ones have still been destroyed with the cold temperatures this winter
We had a 12ft double header rot this winter and we had no choice other than to cut it back hard. Today I looked at the base and saw that we had a break through, in fact we counted 7 new heads !!!
Thats brilliant Tom. With this warm weather we are going to it will grow away strong. Have you got the space for a 7 trunked cordyline. Would look impressive 👌
My Cordyline lost all its leaves. Chopped some of the stem off and left it. Now growing new shoots that are not on the stem.
Hi Janet, glad they have re-shooted for you, hopefully they will grow away strong. Just a shame they have lost the height. We just need some warm weather now.
Damn this winter has been a tough one for you folks!
We have only had 2 cold snaps but that was enough. It was the first big freeze we should have protected our plants like you go to the extreme. Moving on my new plants will withstand the weather you have 🤞 if I've done my homework correctly
@@mattsuktropicalgarden Yeah I feel for you folks because years and sometimes decades can pass without any issues and then all of a sudden one year can knock you on your back and catch you off guard.
The cold snap certainly did that. Oh well I've drunk enough beer 🍺 lol onwards and upwards spring is nearly upon us. On plus side new plants, new design, new look. Just like your garden once the covers comes off
@@mattsuktropicalgarden Yup love your attitude Matt 👊🍻
Is it better just to buy a new low to the ground one or would it grow faster from the cut down trunk?
I think they will grow faster buying a new one, but the ones I've seen that were lost in the last big freeze back I'm 2010 ish they have grown into monsters, potentially it could make them a little bit hardier, bigger roots etc.
Some one out of spite cut down my fully grown palm tree,but 11 roots came through and was growing beautifully gthey got to 6ft and this winter has killed them,I'm absolutely gutted,,I have one large palm left but it looks OK as its so high I carnt check the crown but fingers crossed
Why would someone out of spite do that, was it a horrible neighbour. The frosted down ones should re grow with such a strong root system. The big ones if damage will re Shoot out of the top so wouldn't worry to.much with them.
Lost my red one 😞..but green one survived ....😊
Hi Linda I know the red ones have bit the dust in alot of places. I've been surprised how much people have lost the green ones, that pesky week freeze we had. We will learn going forward
I am about to give my Red Star the chop tomorrow as the top six inches is dead.
Fingers 🤞 for you that it will come back. The red star is less Hardy than the green. I have seen very small ones in Morrisons for £3.50. But bigger ones are an absolute rip off everywhere. I think garden centres are going to see us gardeners coming this year and try and put prices up
Thanks Matt.
But what happened to them that's like almost your whole garden were you away or something cuz it takes time for them to get like that, I mean here I am devastated and my leaves literally collapsed in the base at the bottom is a little soft and mushy but it still savable I'm sure you're saving yours cuz I just finished seeing it but still like I can't imagine letting my plants get that far I let my plants get like that I would literally hang up my garden gloves my garden tools and my garden belt
Thanks for commenting. Unfortunately virtually all of the cordylines collapsed where I live. We went through a big freeze period of - 8C it was freezing for over a week. It was just too cold. I was gutted because they were just getting big and growing away. They are slowly recovering now.
Our Large plant. 8 feet tall, died last year our neighbour cut it down with his sat back near the ground and now it has grown about 10 new plants from the bottom, is there a way to separate them, thanks
Hi thanks for the?. I've had success with stem cutting like yuccas because they can regrow roots. Problem is when they are small you need to be able to get enough root when you separate them from the mother plant. My suggestion would be let them grow for a year or 2 them try separating when bigger. Hope this helps
My cordyline (pinkpassion) hasn't stemmed yet, was only planted last May, can I still top it off
Hello, all of red star, torbay dazzlers didn't make it as they can't Take a deep freeze, if you have the green cordylines, they should re shoot. However if you lost them this year they could recover, depends how cold and for how long they were freeze through. Just give then time in the spring. Hope thus helps 👍
You're not doing very well with these are you 😂 ...hope they have grown back i have had the same problem with one
No terrible after that years freeze, they have recovered very slowly re shooting from the base. Most of the cordylines where I live that year were taken back to the ground. It was just to cold 🥶
That's what happened with mine aswell be fair 😂 glad to hear they're on the mend
Same with yours growing away, glad I just didn't dig them out and bin them, thought they might of shot up this year
Yeah I was tempted to put them in the bin. My Fatsias are the same 😢 but I’ll give them a bit longer 🪴☔️👩🏻🌾
Hello, cordylines I would say it all depends on how big they were and depends on to what extent the damage is. As for fatsia, the stem should not be soft. It should be hard, if you watch my spring tour video, all my fatsias have been hit, so I've striped them back hard and they are re shooting now, I how this helps you out