Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Phormium:
- Sun loving drought tolerant plant
- All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
- Ideal for fast growing screening
- Provides valuable winter interest
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- 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
Weaknesses of Phormium
- Does not produce showy attractive flowers
Design & Plant Use for Phormium:
- Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
- Plant for extreme coastal screening
- Ornamental grass ideal for drift planting in a sunny spot
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Common Missspellings: Formium, Phormeum, Formeum, Phormiam, Phormuim