Phormium which one

I am after a medium size phormium 1m tall give or take ideally a yellow varigated upright variety but open to other colours. Apricot queen and Alison blackman or top of the list at the moment with maori queen behind.

What phormium have you got ( pictures pretty please) and how big has it got. I like some other varieties but some are supposed to be 2m monsters which is to big.

 

I recently bought one, not grown any phormiums before, just spotted this one and bought as it was discounted.
Its called the "jester", only supposed to be 1m by 1m, we shall see.

 

I've grown both the yellow and the red but can't remember the actual names. I think the yellow tend to be more vigorous than the red but as with every plant these days, new varieties are produced on a seemingly continuous basis.

 

I can't remember the exact name of the yellow variegated one I had - it was no taller than about a metre, so probably one of the cookianum hybrids, not tenax which is the huge one. Called something like Maori Sunrise? I took it out because it was becoming a huge clump and then weeds would grow in the middle. It just got boring... But it was very hard to dig out - I think the roots were headed back to New Zealand.

 

Forgot about jester the leaves do have a arching dropping habit lovely colour though. I do fancy it just don't want it leaning on others but local nursery has some good size plants cheap.

Problem with the fancy colour ones they lose the vivid colours when they mature they look worn out in a way.

I'm not sure if they will survive I did try one years ago but it didn't make it through winter was a bad winter and small plant.

I'm after some evergreen structure for my hot / exotic border it looking a bit bare.

 

Phormium Cream Delight is a compact one @Perki, 1m x 1m. I have two which I divided from one plant last year.



My favourite variegated Phormium is Tricolor, but that may be too large at up to 1.5m. You are right about the bright coloured ones changing as they mature, losing their vibrancy. Also, difficult to place.

Not what you asked for but Bronze Baby is another nice compact one.

 

This is P. Cookianum Tricolor. Phormiums do tend to be upright when young but develop an arching habit as they become established, developing longer leaves with more weight