SPIKES
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:45 pm
Hi, is it possible to protect my spikes that I have round my swimming pool over the winter
Best regards D/B
Best regards D/B
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From this site:3. If any of you are growing tropical plants in your garden like bananas, these will need protecting as well. If they are growing in pots they can be moved inside for the winter, but if they are too large, or planted in the ground they will need some winter protection. The easiest way to protect bananas is to cut back any large low growing leaves to the trunk. Then put a circle of wire mesh around the stem and fill this with straw. Then wrap the whole plant with hessian sack or fleece.
Finally put a cap of polythene on top (but do not cover totally) to stop some of the winter wet running down into the plant, hopefully this will protect your plants from the worst of the winter weather. The same method of protection can be used for large cordyline's growing in the ground, or tree ferns. This should keep the plants safe until you unwrap them again next spring.
https://www.theplanket.com/?gclid=CODRz6XCzo8CFQhtFQodWzh4-AProtect the crowns of tree ferns and insulate their trunks by wrapping them in layers of fleece or hessian stuffed with straw. Cordylines and palms should be treated similarly, by tying their leaves into bunches, to protect their crowns.