Over wintering my plants- help

[hattie43]

Last winter I lost most of my potted plants , palm , cordylines, banana tree etc .
This winter I will put fleece around but wondered if I put the fleece low enough to cover the soil or just cover the leaves . I could also move them to the eves under the stables to keep them out the wind and rain .
How do others keep their plants in winter please .

I don’t have anything tender in pots (my Cordyline survive fine in the ground though with no fleece)
Anything I do have in pots I move all together into a sheltered corner against a wall so they are fairly protected. The only thing I’ve lost was a lemon tree. I always took that into the conservatory each winter until the one year I rashly decided it would be fine all clustered together with the other pots. I was wrong!
I would move yours to the shelter of the stables if I were you, and fleece if they are tender.

When I repot outdoor plants I use a double layer of bubble wrap to line the pot, and I in winter I stand them in a netting bag full of straw. If it goes below freezing I cover the whole plant with fleece.

Thankyou both for your help

Last winter was unusually cold, that December cold spell cost a lot of people a lot of plants, especially cordylines.

They will generally be safer against a wall (especially a house wall as it's heated), and then I do double-layered bubble wrap around the pot and at least double layered fleece all around the plant itself, extending down to the bubble wrap. You need to make sure there are no holes for frost to get in. Don't leave the plants in there all winter though, they need air and light so only cover them for cold spells.