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We’ve been lifting and dividing some too-big-for-their-boots phormiums. Back-breaking work!  Amongst them was a Phormium tenax ‘Sundowner’ – which is not one of the giants, but it was sprawling over the path at a narrow point. When they are mature, the leaves are streaked with greens tinged with brown, red tinged with gold.  Young leaves, however, have brighter colouring : the red is nearly pink, the gold is nearer to yellow, and the green has a hint of blue.

The Big Garden : Phormium tenax ‘Sundowner’