Description
This is a low spreading plant with leaves 80cm long. The leaf is mostly pinkish-red but the margins and occasional stripes are greyish-brown.
Habit – Upright
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – N/A
Height and spread – 80 x 80 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 – Red
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 – Rainbow Sunrise
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 –
