Black Adder is a 2009 introduction and a color break thru for an almost black colored phormium of moderate size with slender, upright arc...Read Morehed leaves.
Once established it is drought tolerant and suitable for coastal gardens as well as hotter inland garden zone 8a and above. Do not over water and make sure it is well drained.
Black Adder was found as a mutation when Phormium cookianum Platt’s Black was being tissue cultured. Platt's Black was once the darkest phormium available.
Black Adder is a 2009 introduction and a color break thru for an almost black colored phormium of moderate size with slender, upright arc...Read More