Planting out big specimen palms.

[karl66]

As the weather is so mild, & forcast to stay this way for a few wks, i've planted out a waggy of mine with a metre of trunk & given it plenty of insulation & drainage. I'm almost certain they are not that root sensitive & as i have so many in pots & in the house i had to make a decision. The one i've been chewing over more but is putting a 10ft cordy australis in the ground, but i've made the decision and done both. I've also lined both holes with plenty of blood fish & bone plus palmbooster & mulch. It will give me a few sleepless nights over winter but so be it. karl.

[Nigel]

No problem to plant out trachies Karl. No worries.

[karl66]

No problem to plant out trachies Karl. No worries.

Nige, I know when trachys get winter damage there new growth comes through as a yellow spear, & can take ages to put itself right. Do you know much regards winter damage on cordys?, i know a lot got knocked out clean but where is best to protect i.e trunk or crown or both. karl.

[Nigel]

I never protected cordies , others can probably help better thanme with that.
Yellow leaves emerging in spring is usually self righting quite quickly as the soil warms up.

[Tom2006]

They will be fine unless we have a wintry spell like last winter

[Nigel Fear]

Karl, if nothing else, the roots will at least be better off in the ground, also, what else would you do with a ten foot Cordyline, drag it in the lounge???

[Adrian]

You biggest problem with the Cordyline will be the wind, make sure its well braced as the last thing you want is wind rock.
I have found small Cordys anchor much better as small plants but as long as yours has a really big and full rootball you should be alright.

[karl66]

You biggest problem with the Cordyline will be the wind, make sure its well braced as the last thing you want is wind rock.
I have found small Cordys anchor much better as small plants but as long as yours has a really big and full rootball you should be alright.

Adrian, the rootball on the 10ft cordys was phenomenal, it was in a 70litre tub & had split the tub right down the one side!. I had to carefully cut the tub away as it was a solid mass of roots that weighed a ton. karl.

[Adam D]

They will be fine unless we have a wintry spell like last winter

Agreed.

[Adrian]

You biggest problem with the Cordyline will be the wind, make sure its well braced as the last thing you want is wind rock.
I have found small Cordys anchor much better as small plants but as long as yours has a really big and full rootball you should be alright.

Adrian, the rootball on the 10ft cordys was phenomenal, it was in a 70litre tub & had split the tub right down the one side!. I had to carefully cut the tub away as it was a solid mass of roots that weighed a ton. karl.

You should be fine then.
I know you have already planted it so this isnt really relevent but these can benefit from being planted a bit deeper.