One of the more beautiful varieties is the Sundowner New Zealand flax (Phormium 'Sundowner'). Sundowner has upright arching long strap-shaped leaves. The leaf coloring is quite stunning and unusual, a ...

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 ...

EDINBURGH — Dig, rake, sow, riddle, water, weed, pull, ripple, winnow. For her solo exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, In Relation to Linum, Christine Borland created a series of rituals ...

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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