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The Rose. Learn all about roses. How to grow and care for them, history, and more.
Find a plant for your garden or home. Search for plants and flowers visually, by name, flower colour and other attributes. Search for native plants, edible plants and popular exotics such as roses and petunias.
Stone Gabion fencing and retaining walls. Gabion is a wire basket or wire form, filled with stones and shaped into a fence or retaining wall type structure. Read this article to learn more.
Green walls (or Vertical Garden). Learn how to create an amazing vertical garden wall using a variety of plants including herbs.
Plant description
Phormium 'Chocomint Mist' is a low growing clumping perennial plant with colourful leaves of minty green and chocolate. It grows to around half a metre high and wide, and the foliage growth is very dense. It flowers well and they attract nectar loving birds. Good for massed plantings, as fill in plants and for containers.
'Chocomint' is suitable for cold to temperate areas. High humidity can lead to fungal problems. Plant in sunny to part shaded spots, in hot areas it is best to grow with some protection from full sun. Can withstand heavy frost and dry conditions.
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: not specified
Flowering season: summer
Plant size
Maximum height: 0.4 metres
Minimum height: not specified
Maximum width: 0.4 metres
Minimum width: not specified
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
High frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: Birds, butterflies.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: cool, temperate.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.
Clay: well-drained.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Diseases
Fungal diseases in high humidity
Miscellaneous information
Planting season: Any.
Types of fertiliser: Good general purpose fertiliser.
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