Plants in Winter

[rose2008-2008]

I know i have mentioned about my plants but with winter coming i dont know about this. If i have Geraniums, pepper plants, Cordolite, Rosemary and Lavender,. Would i have to cover or bring any of these inside when it gets to the frosty stage so to speak?. I know i can look it up but thought i would ask first on here. I know the Cordolite, Red Star looks quite hardy and the Box tree little things will probably be too but im not sure about the others?. i have never been a gardener before so am still finding things out. Any advice?.

[ed_blackadder_1]

The Rosemary and Lavender should be fine outside in a sheltered spot, I take it they are in pots, geraniums and peppers should be brought in, as for the cordalite I don't know that plant  so can't help sorry,

[cookiecookuk]

i agree with ed that rosemary and lavender will be ok and then in the spring you cut them both right back and they will happily grow again.also i do not know about the others.

[ginap.123]

Is it a cordyline, if so that should be ok as it is. I've just bought some little fleece jackets from ebay for my fuschias that are coming up to thier first winter as I was recommended to either bring in or cover.

[notgrumpyreally]

There are hardy geraniums and 'annual' ones. I suspect you have the annual ones. Here on the South coast they usually survive if they are sheltered but they wouldn't elsewhere. Your pepper plants will die. If you look at your plants you will get an idea. If they are just soft and fleshy the cells will freeze and they will die.if they are more twiggy the cells will (might) be protected and they stand a chance.

[lhasa.two]

Cut off any left over dead lavender flowering stems. Your rosemary should be ok as they are fairly hardy plants.

Cordylines will often survive the winter providing they have a bit of shelter from hard frost and snow... as they don't like it!

I'm in the West Country where the climate is a little less harsh than most everywhere else but I did lose 2 mature cordylines after 2 harsh snowy winters... 

[ed_blackadder_1]

Sorry I didn't realise you meant cordylines I have a lot of cordylines in my garden both in pots and in the ground, and I usually move the ones in pots to a sheltered spot but the ones in the ground are left to their own devices, I had 4 in a row in my front garden and have lost 2 over the last 2 years every other one, so I think you just have to keep fingers crossed, I have cut back my lavender ready for the winter, but my rosemary is just left to its own devices and it does fine, I usually put my geraniums in the greenhouse sometimes I am lucky and they survive and sometimes they don't.  I live in the West Country too and a lot of things do survive here that don't further up the country, unless we have a harsh winter.

[rose2008-2008]

Yes the pepper and a few others are still babies really and still smallish like a pot plant. The Geraniums are annual i presume but i think they will just be ok sheltered. They would probably be worse off indoors actually. Yes i do apologize my Cordyline Red star is biggish and hardy lookig so i thought maybe that would be ok. I do love my Cordyline. Yes i suppose you can really work out by looking at how twiggy or fragile they look. The others are Bottle Brush plants which look very similar to the pepper Plants so i will have them indoors i think.

Thanks for your advice everyone.