*RETAIL - Phormium tenax 'Guardsman' broadleaf evergreen moderate to regular water

moderate to regular water

Provide full sun and free-draining soil

To 2-3' high and wide

Hardy at least to USDA Zone 6a (-10° F)

*RETAIL - Phormium tenax 'Guardsman' broadleaf evergreen moderate to regular waterThe king of the flax, this giant grows to 8 10 ft or more with large, excruciatingly slowly offsetting fans of wide, saturated red pink, coral, and deep maroon green. Certainly one of the most striking in color and, as Murphy's Law would have it, the slowest to divide. This year, we finally have a few large divisions (and have decided not to have people sign adoption papers). Same hardiness and growing conditions as the others. Bright light is good;