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Phormium ‘Pink Stripe’

06 Oct 2005

General information

Cultivar name:

Phormium ‘Pink Stripe’

Originator:

(Said to have originated in South Africa)

Publication:

Not listed by Heenan (1991). It is listed by a number of nurseries in RHS Plant Finder.

Parentage:

 

Leaf colour

Colour group:

Red variegated

Upper surface:

The main leaf colour is greyish-brown or 'pewter' colour (197A but darker) with distinct, almost fluorescent pink margins.(63C) These are most obvious on the lower parts of each leaf. The midrib is pale.
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Lower surface:

Generally more greyish colour. (197A) The pink stripes are more numerous but less distinct.
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Comments:

A very easily recognised cultivar that is quite distinct from other varieties. In older plants the pink stripes are less obvious.

 

Growth form

Shape group:

Spreading

Leaf length:

< 130 cm

Leaf width:

< 6 cm

Comments

 

Flowers and fruit

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Published descriptions

SMG

 This upright and spreading cultivar grows 4-6 feet tall plant with bronze-green (almost gray) leaves with a broad bright pink margin at the leaf bases that narrows and gradually disappears at the leaf tip. A very nice new cultivar from South Africa. Appears Stable.

ART

 Four to 5 feet; grayish leaves with broad pink margin; new from South Africa.

 

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