Chris Boulby wrote:
My friend who lived in Edinburgh
thought she had lost hers one particularly cold winter, chopped it
down to a stump and she got three new plants from the base. So don't
give up all hope yet.


The cornish technique is to chop down fron the top any frost damaged
specimens and stop when solid stem is found - that way you keep maximum
height . no need to go to the ground unless it is dead (mushy!) all the way
to the ground.

pk