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Sat, Nov 12, 11 at 19:47
| Been looking to pick up an assortment of Phormium for my theme garden......I have found one nursery in S. Calif. which sells wholesale and the rest are mainly in the UK....but haven't been able to locate a nursery on the west coast which sells to us gardeners bareroot...Does anyone know of a seller......want to get a selection of the various pink/red New Zealand Flax for a path for my wife who is limited to short walks.... |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 13, 11 at 9:53
| hey when looking for the exotic and bizarre.. my default is usually forest farm check out the link ... and they will be small .. i did not look for the specific one you asked .. good luck ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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| I have never seen them offered bare root. They are a very tough plant and would probably stand being bare root for a few days, and recover. Al |
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| May I ask why bareroot is part of your search criteria? I do order plants, sometimes from Forest Farm, but none of the nurseries I've dealt with and would recommend ship to me bareroot. |
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| Foxtail Farm will even sell them B&B, which is basically gallon size.....not sure waiting for a return on my email but just maybe they will sell to me, hope so......I have such a large area to plant, I find I can get more for my buck buying bare root be it trees, shrubs or certain plants...plus saves on shipping, I'm not paying to ship all that dirt and pots I have hundreds of.......haven't looked at Forest Farm, I have bought from them in the past...and have always had good luck with them....I'll have to check their site to see what they have, order a catalog.....thanks ken.. |
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| Just looked at Forest Farm....only listed seven Phormium (New Zealand Flax) none I'm looking at....and they were all gallon pots around $20 or less.......need to find smaller samples because I want to do a larger display with various size plants......looking at Pink Stripe, Jubilee, Jester, Rainbow Maiden....etc....variation of pink color and a few darker.....still on the hunt..... |
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| I was just trying to envisage a path bordered with these spiky monsters. I'm sure you have done your research but they do grow BIG. Pink Stripe, for example can get to 6 feet tall. Basically they are more like shrubs than edging plants. They could cause bad scratches to a passer by beside a path, especially if she is a bit less agile. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Phormium tenax Pink Stripe
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| When I say path it's 15 feet wide...it's 300 feet long and has two rows of deciduous trees..Katsura's, Dogwoods, maples, yellow Birch on either side...with a mix of Rhodies, Azealas, Hydrangeas and a mixed of Japanese and Siberian iris, Hostas and flowers which I'm in the process of trying to find more of iris also.......most are pink flowering.....there is a four to five foot lawn path between everything....the Phormium that I have found on sale at a local nursery, I have planted set back from the path at intervals...with rock slab bench in the middle....the idea came to me as a way to "Aspire to Inspire" to my Cancer survivor......next year will be the first time we get to see everything in bloom.....fingers crossed...... |
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| Aha, now I see it. Your 'path' is 20 x longer than my entire property :) Is there plenty of sun under those trees and shrubs? Phormiums like sun and light and don't enjoy shade much. They are not woodlanders. Hope you find what you're looking for - all the best with the project. |
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| That sounds gorgeous. I had one I forget the name but I loved it. It was a chocolate color and I surrounded it with pink leaf coleus. I did not bring it in before the first frost and it died. Good luck with your search and "Aspire to Inspire" to my Cancer survivor event. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 15, 11 at 9:11
| sooo ... you want the newest of specimens... at the cheapest price.. with little or no postage ... WELCOME TO MY WORLD.. lol ... good luck on your quest.... it is a noble one ken |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 20, 11 at 15:46
| Where abouts in a west coast zone 8 are you located? Phormiums are not uncommon plants pretty much anywhere along the west coast and I'd have a hard time imagining too many of the local larger retail nurseries not carrying a good selection......you can even find them at my local HD!! One caveat, however :-) I'd suggest that rather than looking for very specific cultivars - which may not be all that readily available - take advantage of whatever cultivars offered that fit your requirements. Phormiums are really only borderline hardy in zone 8 and if you live in the PNW zone 8 with our routinely wet winters coupled with a good arctic blast or two, it is unusual to find phormiums surviving more than a couple of seasons. In fact, a good many PNW nurseries now treat them as more or less seasonal plants. It would be a shame to invest too much $$ into a lot of different and hard to find phormiums to not have them survive for very long. FWIW, I have never seen phormiums offered bare root. Not a common sales method for an evergreen plant :-) |
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