Help with plants are they deaded?

[stevo as b4]

I expect they'll be some people on BCF that know stuff about plants, specifically Phormiums and Cordylines.

I think the beast from the east thing has killed the ones in the garden? One was definitely a Cordyline and it was over 3' high with a decent thick stem but slowly since March all the leaves have been going brown and falling off. I decided when we tidying up the garden to pull the rest off and fill some refuse bags. All that's left now is the stem and it looks moist still at the end with a few tiny specs of pink on the end. Nothing has grown out of it since April and I'm now thinking that it's never going to re-grow now? Do they need some leaves on to grow or do the shoots come out of the sides of the trunk part?

Also got one Phormium that's shed all its leaves and two others that were dark purple and are now looking very brown apart from the top few leaves that have purple and brown bits now. I've watered everything every two to three days if it hasn't rained and it's made no difference? There was also a large 2' high Fern that's shrivelled up and gone brown too. Its definitely not from lack of water though.

TL:Dr are all the plants dead and shall I dig them out? And does my garden have the bad aids?

[mentalboy]

That's a short list of stuff that needs bagging when Jack Frost is nipping, What's with the Antipodean fascination?
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[doggone]

That combination of -5 and strong wind killed a lot of stuff, even the leylandii here are brown on one side.
It can be surprising how things shoot up from below ground if you wait long enough, but if it's the front garden you don't want to look at dead stuff for weeks so probably best cut down to ground level and put something else in.

[MCN]

Mulch and Net.
Or delicate shit pots and move to suit current climatic conditions.
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[stevo as b4]

Oh there's dead conifers too. Was trying to avoid summer flowering plants as they make my hayfever unbearable and mean I wouldn't be able to sit in the garden or tinker in the shed (far worse).

I just thought the brown stuff with few or no leaves would grow back with lots of sun and water? Doesn't seem to be happening so I'll dig them out one weekend and look at some cheap shrubs for less aesthetics but more resilience hopefully.

Does stuff like Holly, thorn bushes and Rose bushes have a good chance of survival in cold snowy spells. Just a bit miffed that I've lost several big and expensive plants last winter but had no problems for 3 winters since we planted them.

[doggone]

Quite often pampered stuff that looks good (and expensive) in a garden centre isn't guaranteed to be tough enough in the real world, this seems to have got worse in recent years.

See what looks OK in any nearby gardens, often owners will be pleased to tell you what they are.
It sounds like you could do with something with a strong 'architectural' element, that doesn't need much attention.

A neighbour has New Zealand Flax at her gate and it looks good and has not been bothered despite being really exposed.
It's like a fleshy grass/palm effect.

[mentalboy]

Chop the dead stuff on the fern back it might sprout again, no idea about the Phormium's and Cordylines but I wouldn't hold out much hope for them, we've got similar style tropical stuff in the yard and it really doesn't like being tampered with.
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