Phormium tenax
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Phormium tenax
- From: t*@eddy.u-net.com (Tim Longville)
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 17:43:59 GMT
Edward: Phormium tenax is tough as old boots. Populations all over the
UK survived the bitter cold spell during the winter of 95/6 when
temperatures fell in many places to -18C or lower. They certainly fell
to around -15C here for a week or more without a break, and my plants
were completely unharmed. P. cookianum is I think supposed to be
somewhat less hardy (??) but that, too, survived those temperatures.
(I hasten to add that these were mature plants, established for
several years. Probably mere yearlings would have been seen off.)
Tim
Solway Coast, Cumbria, UK
mild, moist, cool, -3C>28C
Tim Longville
