Removing Dead Leaves from Phormium

Hello all

I Hope you are Well.

I have a Phormium tenax 'Variegatum' in the Back Garden which has developed some Dead Leaves as can be seen here:



This will be the First Time I have had to remove any Dead Leaves from a Phormium, could someone please advise if there is a Right Way, or, a Wrong Way, of doing so?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

 

Scissors, thats all I use. Cut back as far as possible. It makes the plant look tidier, the stub end can be pulled off during the late winter tidy up

 

Scissors is the way.
Eye protection too.

 

I regularly remove dead or damaged leaves from my Phormium, using secateurs. Cut back as far as possible, as advised by @flounder .

 

After I’ve removed the dead leaves I give my large Phormium a few handfuls of Blood Fish & Bone, apply a thick layer of organic mulch and give it a good watering. Yours does look to have lost a lot of leaves @Kevin Cowans, so it might need a bit of a boost.

 

+1 for secateurs, cutting at right angles to the leaf. They're tough! When the leaves/stubs are really dead, they yank out easily. Best to get the residues out before cold, wet weather as they can cause rot if left.