Hi Terrzen. Welcome to GoY. I couldn´t agree with you more..."What a great site"...I´m very pleased that I joined and I have found so many ideas for the coming spring...(when it comes)to do down at my datcha.

welcome fro me too Terrzen. I've been here for about 2 yrs now and have made some lovely friends.
Cant offer any advice on your cordylines though click on C at the bottom of the page and find Cordylines plus advice.

And a warm welcome from me Terrzen, sorry can't offer advice either, but there are a few "expert" cordy growers on here. The site is a bit quiet at the moment, but it will pick up again once festivities are over and of course when the white stuff completely disappears.

hi Terrzen, I find the red Cordy's arent as hardy as the green, in spring cut off the bottom dead leaves and hopefully if your lucky, when you untie them you will see fresh new leave's growing from the middle.. I have had about 7 in the past and lost them all, yet round the corner, Theres 2 beauties growing in there front garden, Untied. Puh.. :)

My brother at Grappenhall in north Cheshire says its been -12 in his back garden. So some plants and shrubs will not survive. I understand Cordies are tender but fashionable. Lots of asks about them in the Spring when they ought to start making shoots. Please plant a little Rowan tree to feed our native birds that overwinter here. We have 2 mistle thrushes guarding our rowan berries. This tree is said to berry up well after a hard winter.

Horticultural fleece is useful for cordies - tied up and then either use fleece sheaths, or wrap and fix the fleece around the outside for the winter, including over the stem/trunk. Even so, with temperatures as low as -12, and if you have a northfacing situation, you may lose the cordylines in a winter this harsh. But bear in mind that Tesco sell them for about £3 each in the spring...