Phormium cookianum Purple Haze PhocooPH Mountain Flax, New Zealand Flax
Phormium cookianum Purple Haze PhocooPH Mountain Flax, New Zealand Flax
Product Description
Botanical Name: Common Names:
Phormium cookianum Purple Haze Mountain Flax, New Zealand Flax,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Grasses, Strappy & Tufting Clumping, Tufting, Upright
Description:
This Phormium is a large flax with a clumping habit. Purple Haze has rich purple, semi weeping leaves which have a bluish tinge on the underside of the leaf. Purple Haze is ideal for mass plantings, as an accent plant, and as a shelter border. Phormium Purple Haze also looks fantastic in decorative pots.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Tropical Garden, Verge, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases:Generally trouble free, Mealy Bugs
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Xanthorrhoeaceae PacificIslands
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Purple
Flower Colour: Burgundy
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: High
Wind: High
Plant will be supplied in 14cm pot.