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Phormium ‘Dusky Chief’ |
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06 Oct 2005 |
General information |
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Phormium ‘Dusky Chief’ |
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Wilson’s Nurseries Catalogue (1969). (See description below.) |
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Leaf colour |
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Brown |
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Dark purplish-brown with a pale cream midrib and dark red
margins. |
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Greyish-purple with a dark midrib and margins. |
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Similar to some of the ‘Purpureum Group’ cultivars but a good dark colour, the pale midrib and upright growth makes it a striking plant. |
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Growth form |
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Upright |
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< 100 cm |
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< 6 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 being "dwarfish, black-purple, very richly coloured". | ||
| This upright flax grows 3-4 feet tall with 1 1/2" wide maroon red foliage that curves gracefully at tips. A beautiful medium sized red flax. Stable. | ||
| Reportedly a P. tenax variety, this selection has dark wine red foliage to 6', upright habit. | ||
| This upright growing selection of New Zealand Flax makes a 4' tall rigid clump of wide, dusty brown foliage... a superb accent plant. Slightly shorter than the species, P. ‘Dusky Chief’ makes a great container specimen where a vertical accent is needed. | ||
| A rather tall selection with deep purple foliage rising to 6' when mature, with an electric coral leaf edge especially apparent in sunlight. Full sun for best effects. | ||
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