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Phormium Tenax
Hi,
I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash feed this spring? Chris S |
Phormium Tenax
Well, assuming they perform much as they do here in NZ, it should be within
a year or two, though I must say that I've never seen flaxes in pots flower that well. How about planting some out? They're tough. Specimens around 1m diameter at the base will usually have 2-3 flower spikes in summer. Don't worry about the fertiliser; you should see where they grow in the wild. Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com "Chris Stewart" wrote in message ... Hi, I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash feed this spring? Chris S |
Phormium Tenax
"Robert" wrote in message ... : Hi, : I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an : old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) : would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish : pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea : when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash : feed this spring? : : Chris S Mine flower in a good summer, not that they're worth holding your breath for Robert South West England Hmm, if it's sun and warmth they need I'm goosed! I did plant one of them in a "sunny" border, but it turned it's toes up and hasn't been seen since - vanished over winter - don't know if it was the cold or wet, or a combination thereof that got it. Chris S |
Phormium Tenax
"Chris wrote in message : I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an : old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) : would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish : pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea : when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash : feed this spring? Mine flower in a good summer, not that they're worth holding your breath for Hmm, if it's sun and warmth they need I'm goosed! I did plant one of them in a "sunny" border, but it turned it's toes up and hasn't been seen since - vanished over winter - don't know if it was the cold or wet, or a combination thereof that got it. There are some round here N.Surrey, that have died over this hot and very dry summer we had last year. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 358 data units completed. |
Phormium Tenax
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from "Robert" contains these words: : Hi, : I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an : old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) : would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish : pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea : when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash : feed this spring? : : Chris S Mine flower in a good summer, not that they're worth holding your breath for Robert South West England I have had two clumps of Phormium tenax - the purpureum type - for five years in my garden and the original plant was presumably a year or two old when I bought it. It is really healthy, huge clumps, but it has never flowered. Janet G S. Lincs |
Phormium Tenax
The message
from "Chris Stewart" contains these words: Hi, I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash feed this spring? Last year in our new garden on Arran, I planted several, all from GC pots and smaller than yours..I was very surprised when one of the variegated ones grew a flower spike in its first summer of liberty. Although the flowers themselves are not specially beautiful, the flower spikes are very striking and so are the long twisty seed pods. On large old plants on the island you see many flower spikes, reaching 10 ft +. How long did it take you to grow them to 5ft from seed? I planted some seeds (purple phormium) in autumn which germinated a couple of weeks ago. Janet. |
Phormium Tenax
The message
from "Chris Stewart" contains these words: Hi, I have grown Phormium Tenax from seed - collected locally from an old garden in Aberdeen. The largest of my plants (all pot grown) would be 4 - 5 ft high with a spread of 3 - 4 ft - it's in a largish pot - 20" or so. It would be 3 -4 years old now. Has anyone any idea when it might / could flower? Should I try giving it a higher potash feed this spring? Last year in our new garden on Arran, I planted several, all from GC pots and smaller than yours..I was very surprised when one of the variegated ones grew a flower spike in its first summer of liberty. Although the flowers themselves are not specially beautiful, the flower spikes are very striking and so are the long twisty seed pods. On large old plants on the island you see many flower spikes, reaching 10 ft +. How long did it take you to grow them to 5ft from seed? I planted some seeds (purple phormium) in autumn which germinated a couple of weeks ago. Janet. |
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