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Potted Phormium Plant - Description
- Potted Phormium Plants
- AKA New Zealand Flax
- Potted Plant
- Species: Tenax
- Cultivar: 'Rurbra'
- Small Phormium
- Striped Red & Bronze Foliage
- Fine Leaves, Grass-like
- Pot Size: 7 Litres
Potted Phormium Plant - Characteristics
- Excellent choice for any garden
- Grown for interesting & colourful foliage
- Can produce a flower but only occasionally
- Mature height & spread: 60 x 30cm
- Foliage: Slender, arching, strap-like foliage with slight curl
- Spacing: 2m apart
- Grow rate: Moderate
- Half hardy
- Phormiums can struggle in temperatures of -7°C
Potted Phormium Plant - Uses
- Excellent plants for any garden setting
- Plants offer a contrasting leaf shape & colour
- Spiked growing habit make phormiums stand out in flower beds
- Considered an 'architectural plant' for these reasons
- Often planted in modern style planting schemes
- Suited to coastal conditions
- Tom Thumb is ideal for small, medium & large gardens
- Phormium companion plants include Japanese Maple, Fatsia Japonica, Ferns, Spiraea Goldflame
Potted Phormium Plant - How to Grow
- Ensure plants are well watered before sowing
- Choose a sunny spot
- Phormiums like fertile soils
- Happy in damp & free draining soils
- When planting, dig a planting hole approx. twice the width of the pot
- Use a fork to loosen the soil in the base of the planting hole
- Add a small amount of compost or fertiliser to the hole when planting
- Gently remove the plant from it's pot
- Position the plant in the hole.
- Take care when planting - be gentle on the plant's roots
- Water in well after planting
- Mulch around the base of plants after sowing
- Phormiums require little or no maintenance once planted
- Just ensure that plant is moist & feed once a year in Spring
