PHORMIUM 'RAINBOW QUEEN'

flax lily 'Maori Queen,' Phormium tenax 'Rainbow Queen', Phormium 'Rainbow Queen'

PHORMIUM 'RAINBOW QUEEN'

flax lily 'Maori Queen,' Phormium tenax 'Rainbow Queen', Phormium 'Rainbow Queen'

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off with secateurs, any damaged leaves, at the base.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Margaret Jones (NZ) 1981
  • Use group : Mild Climate plants
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Variegated purple pink
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Tub/container
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Superb and colourful ribbon-like leaves, thick and glossy. Along the edges, bands of carmine-pink, enhanced by the dark green-bronze center band. Forms an erect, slightly arching tuft. The graphic silhouette will animate flowerbeds, borders and terraces. Plant in a sheltered zone. Synonym : 'Maori Queen'