Herbaceous

It’s not a Lotus – more of a dwarf Banana with Lotus-like flowers. For the lover of well behaved exotics. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

A splash of autumn colour. Pink Agapanthus like flowers when all else has fallen by the wayside. Hardy if given perfect drainage. Flower spikes to 1.5ft. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Greener, laxer and more luxuriant looking than the better known Phormium tenax. Lush and jungly. Yellow flowers on 5 ft spikes. to 5ft tall x 5ft wide. Please contact us for other stock availability and sizes.

A form of the hardy Mountain Flax from N.Z. with dark brown and green striped leaves. 3ft x 3ft after 3 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

As Phormium cookianum but with leaves striped green and white with red edges. Elegant and hardy – only showing slight damage in very severe winters. To 4ft tall x 4ft wide Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Our own form of Phormium. Hardy with straight narrow green upright leaves to 7ft with 10ft flower spikes. Explosive in aspect. To 7ft with 10ft flower spikes. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Purple leaves. Flowers the same as Phormium tenax, tends not to grow quite as big and comes in an alarmingly wide range of shades of purple. Can grow to 6ft with 9ft flowers. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Another for the Exploding Garden – with cream variegated leaves. Phormiums do best on heavy clay. Irresistible – even to the true Variegataphobe. To 7ft with flowers to 9ft. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.