Cordylines- fully hardy?

[Cosmo and Dibs]

In Wilko they have various plants on sale for £3. One of them, the red Cordyline, is appealling to me.

My question is- is it fully hardy? I've had these kind of 'grass' plants before and they've all died or gone tatty in the winter.

Ta.

[Bigmallly]

I have 3 of these, one being red & they all survive the winter, what I tend to do in winter is fold the leaves up and put a tie round it until the spring.

[poohpouri]

HI We have the red and green cordyline. The green cordyline is hardy , the red one does not like full sunshine and a semi sheltered area from wind, They do go a bit tatty in the Winter so may need some protection, saying that mine has survived the cold winter and the bottom leaves have died but middle leaves doing fine

[Flummery]

Sadly I fear they are.

(Can you tell I don't like 'em? Still, all the more for you folks!)

[TEB]

My red's didn't make it through the winter as I forgot to fleece them like I usually do, the green's directly into the soil had some slight frost damage which I should be able to cut out

[Alison]

They're pretty hardy although I understand that some of the red ones are less so. Having said that, I never protect one I have in a pot and it survived this last winter against a house wall.

[vicky]

There was a red one in the garden here which has (fortunately!!!) succumbed to the cold this winter!

[trish60]

By the look of the middle of mine it has also succumbed for the first time ever but although we only had snow once the ground itself was frozen for weeks.
But most of my 5 agapanthus in pots are showing signs of life probably because I brought them into the conservatory for 3 weeks to defrost them and save them from further damage.

[Twinkle]

one of my customers lost theirs over winter - we had severe weather, down to -12C and the base of it just froze, then thawed into a mush.

[Davyburns]

I have had a red on the patio for 7 years without problem - until last winter. It isnt dead but it looks dried and brittle, but there is evidence of life at the base. I dont know what my best course of action is