Winter Protection

 

 

Bananas all wrapped up for winter

In our Fellows Garden, our male bananas Musa basjoo were covered up using  horticultural fleece and tied up using stripped down  Phormium leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannas Lifted

 

Our Cannas are  cut back to a few inches before covering their rhizomes with compost. These are then stored in bread trays and left to overwinter in our glasshouse. The plants are initially watered but then remain dry throughout the winter months until new shoots start to break. They are then potted up individually and watered as necessary.

 

 

 

Echium pininana

 

Native to the Canary Islands our tender Echiums have been potted up into these amazing Air-Pots

 http://www.air-pot.com/ and  kept  inside to grow on inside our  heated glasshouse.

During the spring they will be hardened off  in the polytunnel before being transplanted  to the herbaceous border where they will flower early summer. 

 

 

 

 

 Coldframes 

 

With night temperatures consistently dropping below zero, our coldframes in conjunction with our glasshouse, are a valuable asset to have over the winter months.