A superb coastal garden plant, native to the South Island's Marlborough coastline, and able to withstand the poorest and roughest of conditions. In summer it has beautiful daisy-like flowers with yellow centres. And all year round it has glossy deep-green leaves with grey felt-like undersides.
Brighten up your garden with 'Snowcap'. It's a compact low growing shrub smothered in miniature white blooms with lavender throats all summer and autumn. The flowers that fall stay white on the ground for some time to give a snowy look.
A stunning rich, smokey, dark-grey dwarf flax, with leaf undersides in a distinct silvery blue. It holds its colour well and foliage weeps to form a stylish clump; at home in garden or pot - where it grows quickly to fill a spot or gap. Bold summer flowers attract native birds.
A superb species, one of the hardiest and the most striking. Long arching green leaves all year round, and 2 metre long flower stalks over summer - particularly attractive to native birds. Use as a 'groundbreaker' in new gardens, en masse on banks. Foliage and flowers are great for floral artwork. Grows 1 x 1.2 metres.
A superb and most striking plant. Metre long arching green leaves with cream stripings and red margins.surrounding a broad centre band of cream are its special feature. Likes sun and any reasonable soil. A hardy ornamental. 1 x 1.2m.
Phormium Crimson Devil
Phormium 'Crimson Devil'
Imposing rich red with darker marginned leaves arching gracefully to form a subject prized for its sheer design and simple poise. Use in a myriad of different ways in the garden from feature plants in borders in containers around ponds. Stunning. 75 x75cm.
Phormium Duet
Phormium cookianum 'Duet'
An excellent dwarf flax. Slender erect green leaves broadly banded creamy white. Forming stiff spiky clumps it will grow in any reasonable soil or garden conditions. Suitable for a myriad of landscaping or container uses. 60 x 60cm.
Phormium Evening Glow
Phormium 'Evening Glow'
Beautiful glossy rich red with darker red marginned leaves arching gracefully to form a subject prized for its sheer design and simple poise. Use in a myriad of different ways in the garden from feature plants in borders in containers around ponds. Stunning. 75 x 75 cm.
Phormium Jester
Phormium 'Jester'
Jester’s a sensational flax introduction - it grows to around 75cm tall with arching rich-pink leaves margined with a stunning lime green band. Small enough for patio tubs and planters and great en masse for landscape use and in new gardens. Summer flowers attract native birds. Grows 75 x 90 centimetres.
A versatile and distinguished wine-red architectural plant with a distinctive black leaf margin and midrib. Silver-grey leaf under side further highlight this slection of our native flax. Plant in full sun or part shade. Tolerant of dry spells. Grows 1.8m X 80cm.
