Great video George. I agree with you. These plants are indestructible . I have 2 plants, one donated to me and one I planted about 10 years ago. Both purple, both massive. I spend most of my time not caring for this plant but hacking away at them as they are both borders of my Dicksonian bed with 4 tree ferns in. They provide an excellent colour contrast with the green of the tree ferns. However they constantly grow into my tree fern growing zone so I hack them to maintain their space. They are useful plants for their hardiness and colour but if I'm honest I don't really appreciate them as much as I should. It's human nature I think, that which requires no effort is unappreciated, that which is expensive/rare/challenging to grow is appreciated. My karma is good tonight so I'll end on that note. Great work George 👍

This was packed with good info that i needed. Going now to make my purchase. Thanks for this video!! 👍👍

Really like your videos. They're really informative and you've got a great way of presenting them

Great vid ,i have a green yellow variegated pink variegated and dark brown and never even thought of dividing them so thanks so much George

Beautiful Plants... Thank you for the great tips... George's Jungle.

Really great video ..so useful. Keep them coming!

Useful advice I will be adding a few more of these to my collection now I’ve seen how easy they are to get more free plants 🌱

Your videos are always so relevant to me! I was just at a garden centre on Friday and made note of a phormium tenax that I want to buy. I hope it’s still there on Monday.

Just obtained a few Phormiums - now i know what to do with them - useful video George!

Thanks George. I bought a young Jester this winter and just unwrapped it after getting carried away with the fleece ahead of the expected cold snap tomorrow. 🤦‍♀️😄 Appreciate the guidance.

Another great how to video

Also I have a black one that is a smaller variety that I could split up! I was just thinking to move it - thanks for letting me know I can divide it! My orange/pink one that I bought around the same time last year has sadly not grown enough to split, but good to know I could do that in future!

Awesome vid George! Bought my first fatsia japonica last night at b&q thanks to your suggestion! Can’t wait to add more plants to my garden this year, keep the vids coming!!

Nice one 👍

Hi, can I get your advice please George? I recently divided a large one into four, all had root as I cut it into quarters, but two are developing a yellow/orange colour why would this be could they be dying? All in new pots with fresh compost and had a dose of tomato feed to help! Worried I’ll lose them as they’re beautiful and desperate to start growing little tropical collection! Thanks in advance 😊

What if you have heavy clay soil?

Just devided mine and ended up with 6 plants, hopefully they all survive

George, when are you going to talk about Cordy lines?

Hey George, would transplanting one of these from the ground in Mums garden to the ground in mine be roughly the same sort of root split etc ?

Hello George, first may I say how much I enjoy your informative and enthusiastic videos. I know you are a busy man but you answer other enquiries with such good humour - SO. Staying on topic; some years ago I bought and planted several coloured Phormiums but lost most through that dreaded (specific to Phormium; 'Trionymus diminutus') mealy bug. I am an organic gardener!!! Nearly impossible to eradicate but gosh did I try, after discovering this nasty critter I have seen an awful lot hiding on nursery specimens. That wasn't a query really (unless you've a solution?) But - here is one; a large surviving clump; ready for division, was pink white and green but except for a few leaves, reverted back to dark green. Have you come across this before and are you able to recommend an explanation?

Great video George, really informative! Hoping you can help with some phorium issues i'm having. I've had one in my house in a pot for a few months now and recently it's really started drooping, and a lot of the leaves have died off. Any ideas what i'm doing wrong? I thought there's a chance i'm overwatering, but the soil seems pretty dry. I've got access to a south facing shared yard, tempted to leave it out there instead?

Hi great video and info. Can I just keep mine in a big pot? I have no room in my garden borders really. Many thanks 🌴

Hi George so I've split 2 phormium up and ended up with 6 smaller clumps. I've cut the leaves down to about 8 inches. Will these grow quicker in a make shift growing tunnel I've made?? Also how often should I water these?? I only water my other other established phormiums about once a week.

Hi George, Really enjoy the videos-keep up the great work !I'm really struggling to find trachycarpus fortunei most local garden centres have sold out and online they have suddenly gone very expensive. I heard about the plant from one of your previous videos and tried the places you recommend.Any suggestions?

Hey George - just planning some spring purchases... currently I have a bed that has mainly slender tall plants like trachy, musa, cannas, gingers, (all in a sunny spot) but not a great deal of things for ground cover. Do you have any recommendations? Looking for something that will be front positioned in a boarder, covers the ground and adds to protecting the roots in winter too. I use grasses and ferns currently although the ferns are tricky when it’s peak summer in direct sunlight so I prefer them in a more shady dappled spot. So looking for something a bit more leafy with low to medium height

Hi George. I have a border which is about is about 7 meters long and 1 meter wide What phormium would you recommend. In the border currently I have fatsia Japonica 2 Musa Basjoo and pink China (if they come back).I have a space which I cleared and I need to fill it.

We have one large , one medium phormium that were hit by the cold spell and now the leaves are turning crispy and don’t look great . Would you recommend cutting the dead leaves back individually , leaving the few that weren’t damaged or cutting all at base and starting again ? If I did cut them off at base how long will it take to re grow and look ok again , the large one especially is a feature plant in the garden .

Brutal, have just done this got 17 smaller ones and trimmed the leaves back. How are yours recovering?

Hi George I love your yellow wave tryed looking for one online but it only comes up with the really large ones what variety the one you got I have no idea what I'm looking for thank you

Yeah, when you get moss and lichen growing on the wall it'll look like long lost jungle ruins. Also don't forget, if you pour sour milk or yoghurt over the stones, (or very fresh wet cow pooh), it will encourage lichen growth. Mind your own business is useful on walls too, you can let it spread and it keeps weeds down.

hi great video can you recommend any small growing phormiums? i have a tiny tropical garden but would love to be able to add one or two that dont grow too big.

Hi George, I have a large phormium “similar to the size in your video” would it be okay to dig it up and divide it just now? Or should I wait until the weather warms up ? Ps brilliant videos, so informative for a tropical beginner like me 👍👍👍

Both my Sundowners died in the snow in January. North Lanarkshire

Hello, where is your garden?