yes phormium. Looks great to me. Just remove any obviously dead leaves from the base. Remove the little green weeds at its base and give it a generous layer of mulch of soil conditioner or small bark chippings all around it. It will look very much tidier and the colour wi look brighter and your friend wi think you're brilliant
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dovefromabove is spot on with how you should treat this plant, it is a fine example of a phormium, and it is supposed to droop in this way. The new growth comes from the centre of the plant, so the old and dying leaves will be on the outer and underneath part of the plant. I would only remove leaves from the underside if they come away easily when tugged.
You can cut out old and tatty leaves right at their base. I find sharp scissors are better for that than secateurs - they get a bit ropey after the winter winds have a had a go at them.
Splitting them can help rejuvenate them as well - especially the more colourful ones as they lose the variegation once they get a bit big and congested.
The species ones get quite large Ppauper don't they?
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It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think you could get your mutt some shades Pp. She'd look cool then.
Seeing your big specimen reminds me of the house near me. Nice big property with spaces either side of the front door which are home to a couple of Phormiums (the green species ones). They must have felt they were getting a bit too big so they 'trimmed' them.
Right through the middle - horizontally....
They look ....eh...divine...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Phormium I think.
I have no grasp of the word 'tidy'
It looks OK to me
In the sticks near Peterborough
yes phormium. Looks great to me. Just remove any obviously dead leaves from the base. Remove the little green weeds at its base and give it a generous layer of mulch of soil conditioner or small bark chippings all around it. It will look very much tidier and the colour wi look brighter and your friend wi think you're brilliant
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aaaah it's a phormium! I didn't know they got so big
i like it but my friend says it's a bit out of hand - so is it ok to remove some of the lower drooping leaves and leave the centre crown area?
I dont want to kill it or anything
big thanks for the advice
Dovefromabove is spot on with how you should treat this plant, it is a fine example of a phormium, and it is supposed to droop in this way. The new growth comes from the centre of the plant, so the old and dying leaves will be on the outer and underneath part of the plant. I would only remove leaves from the underside if they come away easily when tugged.
Mine is just touching 7ft! That is not a tiny dog and she is sitting about three feet away from it.
You can cut out old and tatty leaves right at their base. I find sharp scissors are better for that than secateurs - they get a bit ropey after the winter winds have a had a go at them.
Splitting them can help rejuvenate them as well - especially the more colourful ones as they lose the variegation once they get a bit big and congested.
The species ones get quite large Ppauper don't they?
Last edited: 27 July 2016 09:21:53
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Monster! Thankfully it's hidden where I can't see it.
Don't you love how my dog closes her eyes when posing for photos?
Some gun dog!
I think you could get your mutt some shades Pp. She'd look cool then.
Seeing your big specimen reminds me of the house near me. Nice big property with spaces either side of the front door which are home to a couple of Phormiums (the green species ones). They must have felt they were getting a bit too big so they 'trimmed' them.
Right through the middle - horizontally....
They look ....eh...divine...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for all the advice
I personally really like it this size @ plant pauper 