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Commemorative
while it has nothing to do with the President of the of that name (Platt guided the College to our present building in Regent's Park), it is appropriate that it remembers him in this garden.
Nomenclature
A cultivar of Phormium tenax
Phormium 'Platts Black'
Family: ASPHODELACEAEGenus: Phormium
Species:
Cultivar: 'Platts Black'
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Not currently grown