On one of several voyages to the South Pacific in 1773, the English mariner Captain James Cook spied an unusual plant in the black sands of a New Zealand beach. The largest carried small red flowers ...
WHAT READILY available, evergreen perennial provides year-round colorful variegated foliage, is drought tolerant, fire resistant, undemanding about soil conditions, thrives in full sun to part shade ...
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How We Restored a Garden Overtaken by New Zealand Flax
Join George as he tackles a neglected garden overtaken by New Zealand flax in Hobart, Tasmania. This restoration project took ...
New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax, is practically a bum in our area: ubiquitous, homely, sometimes obtrusive and abrasive, a conspicuous surviving castaway in tough neighborhoods from gas-station ...
Q: The foliage on my Phormiums and Cordyline plants are turning off-color and some are becoming mushy. Will they survive? A: Phormium (New Zealand Flax) is an evergreen plant that is a natural for ...
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS first planted Phormium en masse about a century ago, and with good reason: Those spiky leaves -- long and linear, a muted green that seemed custom-made for this landscape -- were ...
Q: Are my New Zealand flax dead or alive? I have enjoyed the long bronze leaves of these tropical-looking plants in a pair of urns for three years. After the snowstorm, the foliage turned dry and now ...
The cold, harsh winter massacred practically every New Zealand flax (Phormium), leaving them ugly, brown and bent over. Although there's no way to know for sure, chances are good that the root system ...
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