Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Perennials / Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Large
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 6-8' x 6-8'
Natural Growth Habit: Vase
Native To: Australia/New Zealand
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer
Special Features: Deer Resistant / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #1, #5, #15
Sunset Garden Zones: 7-9, 14-24
You can’t go out in public without spotting a Phormium or two (or three). This is because Phormium, with their sturdy growth habit and colorful, fibrous leaves, are one of the most useful plants in the landscape. Need a set of sentinels to mark an entryway? Phormiums. Need to fill a hot, dry parking lot strip? Phormiums. Upright accents in stately garden urns? Phormiums. Something colorful yet hardy near pools? Phormiums. There is a Phormium for nearly every garden and every growing condition.
Phormium tenax ‘Atropurpureum’ is a large-scale flax at maturity, growing 6-8’ tall. Sturdy, upright leaves are a fusion of olive-green with red-bronze streaks, tips, ribs and margins that glow in the sun. Heat tolerant and cold hardy to 15° F, plant ‘Atropurpureum’ in full sun or part shade.
You can’t go out in public without spotting a Phormium or two (or three). This is because Phormium, with their sturdy growth habit and colorful, fibrous leaves, are one of the most useful plants in the landscape. Need a set of sentinels to mark an entryway? Phormiums. Need to fill a hot, dry parking lot strip? Phormiums. Upright accents in stately garden urns? Phormiums. Something colorful yet hardy near pools? Phormiums. There is a Phormium for nearly every garden and every growing condition.
Phormium tenax ‘Atropurpureum’ is a large-scale flax at maturity, growing 6-8’ tall. Sturdy, upright leaves are a fusion of olive-green with red-bronze streaks, tips, ribs and margins that glow in the sun. Heat tolerant and cold hardy to 15° F, plant ‘Atropurpureum’ in full sun or part shade.
