Leaves are grey-green in colour, sword-like and about 2m long. The flowers are brown outside, and pale green inside with red-brown filaments and orange anthers. These are borne in summer. Phormium cookianum grows to abotu 1.2m wide and 0.3 m tall.
- Type
- Exotic
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Zones
- Moist temperate with warm summers
- Soils
- Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Habitat plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green, Red, Orange
- Gardens
- Backyard Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants