New Zealand Flax (Phormium Rainbow Queen)

Broad, bronze-green leaves with rose-red margins, fading to cream, and spikes of tubular, red summer flowers. This gorgeous, evergreen foliage plant makes a great all-year round feature for a sunny, sheltered, exotic-style garden. To keep the plant looking at its best cut out the old leaves once they have faded.Position: full sunSoil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: JulyFlower colour: redOther features: bronze-green leaves with rose-red marginsHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection) Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. In late spring remove any dead or damaged leaves and apply a balanced fertiliser and a mulch of well-rotted organic matter to stimulate vigorous, new growth
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