Phormium - 'Alison Blackman' (New Zealand Flax)

Type Grass, Evergreen
Form Spiky Foliage / Spiky Upright Form, Architectural Form
Size Medium Border Plant (50-180cm height)
Colours Variegated tricolor Foliage
Care Low/Easy Maintenance
Hardiness Frost Hardy, Seaside Friendly
Growth Medium Growing Plant
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Plant Strengths: Provides valuable winter interest; Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening; Suitable for container growing; Architectural plant – ideal as a ‘stand out’ plant; Suitable for exposed coastal planting; Attractive form or foliage for all year interest; Tolerates heavy clay soils.

Plant Weaknesses: Does not produce showy attractive flowers.

Common Missspellings: Formium, Phormeum, Formeum, Phormiam, Phormuim
Phormium - 'Alison Blackman' (New Zealand Flax)
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