Description
This Phormium is about 120cm tall with upright, spreading leaves, arching at the tips. The leaves emerge yellow in colour with green margins and turn apricot as they mature.
Habit – Upright
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – N/A
Height and spread – 120 x 120 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining, but moist soil or compost.
Possibile situation – Ideal to provide year round interest in a border or as a colourful low maintenance pot or container plant on the deck or patio.
Features –
Typical season – Spring
Flower Colour –
Foliage Colour – yellow
Flowering time – N/A
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – AGAVACEAE Genus – Phormium Cultivar – Apricot Queen
Pot Sizes – 3Ltr+ Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – 4.5 to 5.0 Common pests – Aphid Common disease –
Species –
