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Phormium

Phormiums form bold fans of strap-like evergreen foliage and bring strong year-round structure to contemporary, coastal and container planting.

Phormiums bring bold, sword-like foliage and a strong architectural line to borders and containers. Their evergreen leaves provide year-round structure and contrast particularly well with softer grasses and flowering perennials. Phormiums are especially useful in mild, coastal Irish gardens because many tolerate wind and salt well. Drainage and shelter improve hardiness inland, and very exposed cold sites may suit the toughest cultivars best.

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Phormium for Irish Gardens

What This Collection Brings to the Garden

Phormiums form bold fans of strap-like evergreen foliage and bring strong year-round structure to contemporary, coastal and container planting.

Phormiums bring bold, sword-like foliage and a strong architectural line to borders and containers. Their evergreen leaves provide year-round structure and contrast particularly well with softer grasses and flowering perennials.

Why It Works in Irish Gardens

Phormiums are especially useful in mild, coastal Irish gardens because many tolerate wind and salt well. Drainage and shelter improve hardiness inland, and very exposed cold sites may suit the toughest cultivars best.

Choosing the Right Plants

Choose phormiums by mature height, leaf width and foliage colour. Compact cultivars are useful in pots, while larger forms create strong architectural clumps in borders.

Planting and Care

Remove damaged outer leaves cleanly at the base and avoid allowing crowns to sit in waterlogged soil. Container plants need regular feeding and watering during active growth.