Botanical name
Phormium 'Platt's Black'
Other names
Flax lily 'Platt's Black', New Zealand flax 'Platt's Black', Phormium cookianum 'Platt's Black', Coastal flax 'Platt's Black', New Zealand hemp 'Platt's Black'
Genus
Variety or Cultivar
'Platt's Black' _ 'Platt's Black' is a clump-forming, borderline hardy, evergreen perennial with upright to arching, broadly linear, purple-black leaves and erect stems bearing panicles of tubular, red flowers in summer.
Native to
Garden origin
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Arching, Clump-forming