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Phormium ‘Yellow Wave’ |
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06 Oct 2005 |
General information |
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Phormium ‘Yellow wave’ (AGM) |
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Selected from a batch of Phormium Rainbow Hybrid seedlings by Mr F Jury and distributed by Mr 0. Gibson (both from Waitara, New Zealand). |
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L J Metcalf, The Cultivation of New Zealand Trees and Shrubs, 254 (1987) |
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Hybrid |
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Leaf colour |
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Yellow variegated |
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The main colour is a bright
greenish-yellow (11B) with narrow stripes of varying shades of green
(139A; 146C) concentrated mainly on the outer edges. The midrib is pale and the
margins are narrowly edged with dark brown.(200A) |
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The general appearance of the
plant is bright yellowish-green. It is very striking in evening light. Phormium
'Cream Delight' is very similar but paler colour again. |
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Growth form |
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Arching |
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< 100 cm |
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< 4 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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| A medium sized plant to 3-4 feet tall with arching 2" wide green leaves with a central yellow band that fades to green in fall. +/- Stable. | ||
| A very hardy ornamental flax with graceful drooping foliage. Heavily varigated yellow. | ||
| Lovely upright leaves to 4' with a drooping leaf tip, and yellowish green central banding variously muted in green. | ||
| Light, clear yellow leaves with thin green margins and streaks. To 3’. Moderately wide leaves have a pleasantly relaxed habit. | ||
| The most brilliant yellow is found in ‘Yellow Wave’, a vigorous and easily propagated variety that is now widely available. It quickly forms a broad three- to four-foot clump of wide, strongly arching soft yellow leaves that take on chartreuse tones in fall. The leaf margins are bright lime-green. | ||
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