PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND FLAX - PHORMIUM TENAX

Green leaves and red flowering. Ornamental for borders, clumps, pot plant. The flowers are very ornamental on pond edges. Cut flower.

Evergreen perennial with dark-green strap-shaped leaves up to 2 m. Red flowers in large panicles.

Grow on sandy, basic and slightly humid soils. Clean the plant in spring by removing dead or damaged leaves.

Dig a hole at least two or three times as wide and deep as the root ball. Take out the plant from the container and loosen roots to allow them to spread out in all direction. Cut possible broken roots. Mix the soil extracted with a substrate and fill part of the hole with the mixture obtained. Place the plant in the hole and cover with the remaining mixture. Compact the soil around the plant and water thoroughly.