PHORMIUM tenax 'ATROPURPUREUM'

Purple New Zealand flax, New Zealand flax purple, New Zealand hemp purple, Purple New Zealand hemp

PHORMIUM tenax 'ATROPURPUREUM'

Purple New Zealand flax, New Zealand flax purple, New Zealand hemp purple, Purple New Zealand hemp

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off with secateurs, any damaged leaves, at the base.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : selection from New Zealand;
  • Use group : Mild Climate plants
  • Height at 10 years : 2 m
  • Width at 10 years : 2 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Purple
  • Colour of flowers : Bronze, copper
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Tub/container
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Purple-bronze ribbon-like leaves, thick and semi-dull. Erect and slightly bowing, with a grahic silhouette, animating flowerbeds, borders and terraces. Can also be planted in a container. The bronze-red flowers, bunched loosely on panicles, can appear during hot summers. Plant in a sheltered zone.