Plants for ... New Zealand native gardens
Phormium cookianum
Phormium cookianum
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Cream Delight
Phormium 'Cream Delight'
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Merlot
Phormium 'Merlot'
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. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Platts Black
Phormium cookianum 'Platts Black'
A stunning non-fading rich, dark-purple dwarf flax. It's an accent plant; proud, with a tidy and broad clumping habit that's at home in garden or pot - where it grows quickly to fill a spot or gap. En masse it's great for landscape use, new gardens and erosion control. Summer flowers attract native birds. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Sundowner
Phormium cookianum 'Sundowner'
Colourful leaves all year round are a feature of this NZ native. Flowers are upright spikes of red. Grows almost anywhere, full sun for best colours. Remove old leaves at base of plant. Magnificent in groups, pebble gardens & in foreground of taller shrubs. Grows 1.5m. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Sunset Dreams
Phormium cookianum 'Sunset Dreams'
Beautiful NZ flax with warm tonings to highlight any garden - a kaleidoscope of colour - green younger leaves mature to salmon pink that fade yellow as they age. An upright and tidy grower that's at home in garden or pot - where it grows quickly to fill a spot or gap. En masse it's great for new gardens and erosion control. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Phormium Surfer
Phormium cookianum x tenax 'Surfer'
A lovely miniature flax. Young leaves are a green colour with narrow brown stripes. Older leaves have yellow-green edges and a red tinged back & mid rib. Ideal for borders or rockery situations. Hardy. Suited to most soil types. Grows 30 x 30cm. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
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