Phormium cookianum subsp hookeri 'Tricolor'
New Zealand flax
£15.99 Buy
- size:
- 3 litre pot
- available within:
- 2-3 days
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July
- Flower colour: yellow-green
- Other features: creamy-yellow and green striped leaves, with a thin red edge
- Hardiness: frost hardy
Spikes of tubular, yellow-green flowers emerge in summer above clumps of sword-shaped, creamy-yellow and green striped leaves, with a thin red edge. This highly-decorative mountain flax makes a great all-year feature plant for a sheltered, sunny, site. In frost-prone areas, over-winter container-grown specimens in a frost-free greenhouse or conservatory. - Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. In late spring remove any dead or damaged leaves and apply a balanced fertiliser and a mulch of well-rotted organic matter to stimulate vigorous, new growth.
- Eventual Height: 2m
- Eventual Spread: 3m