New Zealand Flax (Phormium Rainbow Queen)
Broad, bronze-green leaves with rose-red margins
| Broad, bronze-green leaves with rose-red margins, fading to cream, and spikes of tubular, red summer flowers. This gorgeous, evergreen foliage plant makes a great all-year round feature for a sunny, sheltered, exotic-style garden. To keep the plant looking at its best cut out the old leaves once they have faded.Position: full sun Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: July Flower colour: red Other features: bronze-green leaves with rose-red marginsHardiness: frost hardy 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. Goes well with: Trachycarpus fortunei, Musa bajoo, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Cordyline australis `Atropurpurea`, Hemerocallis `Stella D`Oro`, Fargesia nitida. |
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