PHORMIUM cookianum 'CREAM DELIGHT'

mountain flax 'Cream Delight'

PHORMIUM cookianum 'CREAM DELIGHT'

mountain flax 'Cream Delight'

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off at the base any damaged leaves with garden secateurs.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : bred in New Zealand before 1978.
  • Use group : Mild Climate plants
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Variegated green white
  • Colour of flowers : orange
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Tub/container
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Leaves are cream to light yellow with stripes of olive green, bordered with a thin dark red edge. Forms a low tuft with arching branches. Its silhouette is very graphic and enlivens flowerbeds and terrace borders. It can also be cultivated in containers. Its light orange flowers are bunched loosely on panicles, and can appear during a hot summer. Plant in a sheltered spot.