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phormium badly damaged by frost - what can i do?


On plant Phormium tenax

  • Question asked on 26 Apr, 2010

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Not much - remove all dead, dying or damaged growth, leaving any healthy growth on the plant. If nothing is alive, cut it all down and wait and see if it grows again.

26 Apr, 2010

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