The other 'true' Phormium. Unlike the Tenax however these curl and droop their leaves. Again, there are hundreds of colourful flavours now and garden centres still command a high price for them. Unlike Tenax these don’t seem to attract mealy bugs so much... dunno why? They need room to move though as they get bigger and bigger and bigger with each year and will soon crowd any neighbouring plants out. If they are happy they will shoot out massive spikes carrying rather uninteresting flowers on them. These spikes are easy to walk into, so watch your eyes :D
In heavy frosts they curl their leaves up which can easily make you think it is being damaged, but I have never seen any damage on mine. They have suffered -10c at least with no protection and in pots, or even bare rooted !!! No amount of sun or cold can harm these guys and they look great too once they have gained in size.
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