Thank, I've cut back all the way to the base now and no sign of any green. It’s been like this for a week now, is it ok to leave as it is or cut back further?

... Non palm, try T rex (mine is in the ground 7 years & is BIG) likewise gunnera if you can give it enough water. Try Miscanthus gigantus, musa basjoo, phormiums, Hardy yuccas are good too,

Hi Jonty. Don't worry. It will reshoot from the base. The winter before last I dug out a cherry tree that was planted next to one of my MBs. The hole was 3 foot deep and exposed the roots of the MB. Then the beast from the east hit and the hole (in heavy clay soil) filled with water and froze. As ex...

Thanks, I’ll cut the pseudo stem tomorrow as see if I can see any sign of life. It was really soggy so there is a risk that the roots have rotted.
If I don’t see anything , do i just cut all the way to the bottom and see if it regrows from the root?

Some good ideas here. You shouldn't have to wait long for something to develop. If the middle of the pseudostem doesn't do anything soon it should still pup from the base.

If you have two more in the wings I'd be inclined to take advantage of options and pot one and plant one.

Hi my Sikkimensis came through winter fine as i described for the Basjoo in the Banana section. You can cut the point off the Yucca cut just above the leaf if you so wish. Nice collection though

if you look at yorkshire kris video episode 12 overwintering Basjo you will see he uses fleece .
edit i should have said yorkshire kris YOU TUBE video

... 1 x Cordyline (although there are 3 together making one big show, may need advice on how to split these at some point) 1 x Phormium 1 x Musa Basjoo (I've mentioned this in the Banana section, just uncovered and doesn't look healthy :( ) 4 x Canna (Rhizomes have just been plants, fingers crossed ...

Thanks, yes the bag over the top has prevented water coming in plus it was nice and warm.
I watched videos of overwintering and none of them put anything between the straw and ground, I'll use a plastic sheet next time!

musa bajoo are root hardy so will resprout from the root anyway. 1 would continue to cut the pseudostem a liitle at a time until you find(hopefully} a grren center core. This is where the new growth will come from.Assuming its not rotten all the way down/ Prevent the straw from drawing moisture up f...

I have unwrapped my Basjoo on 6th May after wrapping in straw and fleece over the winter. It was my first year growing it and planned to grow more this year. Unfortunately after it was unwrapped the top of the stem was dry and black ...

... Took me ages to log bk in! Moved house so am now starting up again, though not on such a big scale. Just trying to get hold of a couple of musa basjoo. I had 27 at the old house but couldn't dig them up so just left them thinking I could pick up a couple easily. No such chance..I'm really struggling ...

... in the ground or in pots now are a couple of T. Fortunei, Cordylines, Sumac, Washingtonia Robusta, Chaemerops Humilis, Camellia, Hydrangea, Musa Basjoo, Arum Lily, Dickinsonia Antarctica, Iris, other lillies etc. I've been very late getting my seed propagator going this year, but in there along ...

... Filifera, gloriosa variegated, aliofolia purpupea plus several cordylines. Then there’s the the cycas revolutas, tree ferns (Antarctica’s), Musa Basjoo, Stelitzia Reginae which is just coming in to flower ❤️ I’ve now got a got sized collection of Agaves which I completely love, lots of Aeoniums ...