Bringing festive cheer to a bleak time of year

[flounder]

Now that's a proper Christmas tree!

[kata]

I burst out laughing,

Mine's up!

Love it Mathew

[cordyman]

Thats a contender to beat Karls butia in the kitchen over winter crown!!!

[Tom and Shell]

The lights at my parents house, my idea though

[cordyman]

The lights at my parents house, my idea though

washy or chammy cerifera? nice!!!!!

[Tom and Shell]

The lights at my parents house, my idea though

washy or chammy cerifera? nice!!!!!

Washy Cordy, about 10 years old

[kata]

Lovely!!

[cordyman]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

[Tom and Shell]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

this is the first year its had lights on, never had any protection at all, the 7 foot cordyline in front of it got smoked in 2010, the washy has never had any problems at all

[cordyman]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

this is the first year its had lights on, never had any protection at all, the 7 foot cordyline in front of it got smoked in 2010, the washy has never had any problems at all

microclimate next to house? or hybrid uber hardy strain

[fern Rob]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

this is the first year its had lights on, never had any protection at all, the 7 foot cordyline in front of it got smoked in 2010, the washy has never had any problems at all

Winter 2010 was terrible, it did well to survive .

[Troppoz]

Dave quite seriously I would heap praise on anyone here in Darwin who had as lovely a tropical garden as yours to look out onto, but to think that you have achieved this in the UK...sensational!

[Dave Brown]

Thanks Sean, but there are a lot of plants dying back for winter, probably much as plants die back in the dry season in Darwin. The camera only picks out the major plantings like palms so looks better on the pic than in real life

[Yorkshire Kris]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

this is the first year its had lights on, never had any protection at all, the 7 foot cordyline in front of it got smoked in 2010, the washy has never had any problems at all

Nice palm but not convinced its a washy. Are you sure it's not a Trachycarpus?

[Dave Brown]

is that the only protection it gets? impressive for yorkshire

this is the first year its had lights on, never had any protection at all, the 7 foot cordyline in front of it got smoked in 2010, the washy has never had any problems at all

Nice palm but not convinced its a washy. Are you sure it's not a Trachycarpus?

I'm inclined to agree, if the Cordyline was smoked a Washie would have been at least defoliated. Mine was, even with a parasol protection in Dec 2010.