In article , echinosum
writes
Reason being thatdigging them out is difficult without a mechanical digger. Good time of

year to try.


I dug out a very large Phormium with a pickaxe, sort of chopped off the
outer edges first then worked my way round the plant undercutting it.
Then rocked it and it came out fairly reasonably. It was about 6 foot
tall and about 4 foot wide but the roots didn't go down that far.

Janet