In article , rbel
writes
Only two of our phormium (seven in number) are showing any signs of
producing new leaves at the moment here in south Devon,

Blimey up here in Buckinghamshire I've been toiling away pruning out the
old leaves to leave the new shoots on lots of Phormiums in different
people's gardens. They all seem to be growing away but they are such
swines to make tidy after the winter!

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk