*RETAIL - Phormium tenax 'Guardsman' Larger Trees retaining the red exfoliating bark

retaining the red exfoliating bark of the former with the cold hardiness of the latter

from South Africa's Eastern Cape Province

round black fruit

Zingiberaceae

*RETAIL - Phormium tenax 'Guardsman' Larger Trees retaining the red exfoliating barkThe 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;