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Phormium ‘Cream Delight’ |
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06 Oct 2005 |
General information |
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Phormium ‘Cream Delight’ (AGM) |
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Introduced in 1978 by Mrs M Jones, New Zealand Flax Hybridisers, Tauranga, New Zealand. |
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M Jones, New Zealand Gardener, 24 (October 1978). (See description below) |
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A selection from Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri. |
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Leaf colour |
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Yellow variegated |
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The leaf is mainly pale creamy-yellow but with green stripes, mainly towards the outer edges. The margins are dark red-brown. |
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Generally much more green but with a dark midrib and margins. |
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Growth form |
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Arching |
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< 50 cm |
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< 3.5 cm |
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Flowers and fruit |
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Pictures (Click to enlarge) |
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Published descriptions |
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| Described as having "leaves up to 100 cm long by 7 cm wide. The broad centre band of cream up to 4 cm wide is its special feature. This is edged with a narrow band of dark green with cream stripings, and the margins of each leaf is dark red . | ||
| A broad plant to 3 feet tall with bold 2 1/2" wide arching leaves that have a cream-yellow midstripe and green margins edged with red. Grows well in light shade. Stable. | ||
| Pale, creamy yellow leaves, becoming tinted apricot in cool weather, with green margins. A P. cookianum selection, it has slightly thinner, more gracile leaves than ‘Tricolor.’ To 3’. | ||
| Broad cream central band and narrower cream stripes nearer the leaf edges. | ||
| Leaves have a broad clear creamy yellow central band & are margined green with several narrow stripes. It has a compact pendulous habit & attains about 1m in height. | ||
| Somewhat shorter (than ‘Tricolor’) is ‘Cream Delight’, a sport from ‘Tricolor’ whose arching leaves have rich creamy yellow mid-stripes and narrow green margins edged bronze-red. A flush of pink may color the plant in cool weather. | ||
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