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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Ellwood's Empire
Lawson Cypress
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Ellwood's Gold
Lawson Cypress
Common Name: Lawson CypressLatin Name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwood's Gold'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or shade (Avoid very exposed positions)Hardiness: Fully hardyHeight in 10 years: 1.8m x 2.2mSpecial features: An excellent slow growing dwarf conifer with a conical shape and bright golden tinge to leaves all Summer.A variegated conifer with foliage sprays, pendulous at their tips, in shades of yellow and green. This is a most attractive, graceful feature. At a distance, the tree is seen as a light yellowed green shade. Because of the subtlety of its foliage, it deserves a place where it can be viewed, hence a position near a sitting area is recommended rather than treating it as an isolated specimen. The fruity odour of the crushed foliage is an added attraction.
Phormium Cream Delight
New Zealand Flax
Common Name: New Zealand FlaxLatin Name: Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri 'Cream Delight'Soil: Fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July/YellowishHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 2mSpecial features: Cream striped architectural evergreen.A hearty, handsome Phormium with spreading and arching leaves. These are green with a broad creamy yellow central line and further stripes of cream near the leaf edge, sometimes with a touch of red as well. It makes a big, expansive foliage clump and needs space in order to show itself off. A dramatic feature of many coastal gardens: it withstands salt laden winds.
Phormium Golden Ray
New Zealand Flax
Common Name: New Zealand FlaxLatin Name: Phormium 'Golden Ray'Soil: Fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July/YellowishHardiness: Frost hardyEventual height/Spread: 1.5m x 0.6mSpecial features: Yellow with green and red variegations.Distinctive overall golden yellow appearance, leaves have a narrow green centre with golden yellow stripes nearer the margins and a bronze-orange strip on the very edge of the margin. Leaves are 50-75mm wide.
Phormium Tricolor
New Zealand Flax
Common Name: New Zealand FlaxLatin Name: Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor'Soil: Fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July/YellowHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 2mSpecial features: Striking evergreen forming clumps of lax sword-shaped leaves.A splendid phormium that has broad grey-green leaves with a creamy yellow margin and, ultimately, a fine band of red. The leaves are spreading and somewhat lax so it is much less dramatic than its spiky relatives. It has yellowish flowering panicles, which mature in late summer and reach over 1m in height.
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