Reptile1234 wrote:
Hi, This summer i dicided to have a change and bought a few exotic
plants and was wondering how to protect them from frost they are
planted in the garden at the moment.

The plants include a few species of Banana (African) and a few Olive
Trees, also i would like to know how to protect my Gunnera Manicata
plant from frost as this is to large for the house.

I live in the North West in Lancashire if this helps.





Hi Reptile??

I put bananas in a cool greenhouse (not less than 0 C) as mine are in
pots - if they're planted out you can either dig and pot them up and do
the same or protect them in the ground.
I think the 2 options are
a) cut leaves off and protect the trunk or

b)cut the trunk down to the ground and just protect the ?corm

Someone will have more idea than me :-)

For Gunnera, when the plant starts to die back, I cut the leaves off and
cover the crown with them (weighted down with bricks to stop them
blowing away).
I'm in NE England so probably colder than where you are and it's
survived 10 years now.

Good luck,

Jeff