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Phormium 'Apricot Queen'
New Zealand Flax
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Uses: Ornamental accent or specimen plant with attractive contrasting foliage for mixed beds, borders, verges and under trees. Highly suited to mixed landscapes. Requires well-drained soils.
Vertical striped foliage of apricot, cream, yellow and green all edged in red.

  • Height 0.9-1.2m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Hemerocallidaceae
  • Botanical Name Phormium 'Apricot Queen'
  • Common Name New Zealand Flax
  • Origin New Zealand
  • Habit Erect, Clumping, Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal cliffs, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost, Wind
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red, Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Form Strap-leaved