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Purple New Zealand Flax is a very striking evergreen shrub with purple – bronze foliage that forms clumps of rigid sword like leaves between 1 and 3m long. It has bronze red flowers on panicles up to 4m long in summer. It is highly resistant to sea winds and forms an excellent windbreak.
Phormium tenax purpureum
Common name: New Zealand Purple Flax.
Native: New Zealand
Provenance: Italy
Size and spread (10 years): 1.8m x 1.5m
Treatment required: Requires a pre chill.
Seeds / kg: c. 188,500 : 42% viable
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: Wide range of soils types including those found in coastal areas.
Planting instructions:
Mature height: 2m x 1.5m
| Weight | 5.00 g |
|---|---|
| Size | Mini Seed Pack (approx 180 seeds), Seed Pack (approx 900 seeds) |
| Genus | Phormium |
| Family | Asphodelaceae |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | shrub |
| Evergreen | evergreen |
| Interest | foliage |
| Requires | sun |
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