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New Zealand Flax (Phormium sp.) are large strap-leafed evergreen perennials that for many years were placed in the Agave family (Agavaceae) - Current taxonomic treatment has recently created the family Phormiaceae into which Phormium and Dianella have been placed.
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New Zealand Flax - Perennial. Arching yellow & green foliage w/ red margin to 4' tall/ 5-6' wide. Sun/Light shade. Low-moderate water. Hardy to 15-20 degrees F. ... Red New Zealand Flax - Perennial to 3-4' tall. Dark reddish-brown slightly arching foliage. Sun/Light shade. Low-moderate water. Hardy to 15-20 degrees F.
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Flax Yellow Wave...; Fri 28th May 2004 Yellow Wave is one of the cheeriest new Zealand flax hybrids. It is reasonably large and bulky, and has a weeping form. In this close-up it looks more like a Green ... Pepper Tree...; Wed 1st Mar 2000 The native New Zealand Pepper Tree is a small shrub with red blotches on its leaves.
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Family name may be listed as Agavaceae or Phormiaceae, Giant New Zealand Flax has olive green foliage and can reach 6-10' high. ... An evergreen clump forming plant from New Zealand. Has lancelike-sword shaped, upright, rigid, dark green leaves. Bears long spikes of tubular, red-brick red flowers upto 2 inches long.
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Phormium is also called New Zealand Flax, because the Maoris actually used it for making a type of linen clothing, as well as for ropes and baskets. Gardeners know it as a large ... It has sword-like leaves that shoot up from the base of the plant and new hybrids are now available in shades of yellow, pink, red and bronze.
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Phormium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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description, culture, species, cultivars ... Common name: New Zealand Flax ... Foliage: linear, sword-shaped, keeled, narrowed at base into V shape; variously colored from green to multicolor pink, red or yellow stripes; length varies as above, and with species as below...
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Wholesale nurseries growing Flax: Dwarf Red New Zealand Flax - Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum'. Sales to the trade only. Over 1000 wholesale nursery growers listing over 6500 species of plants ... Flax: Dwarf Red New Zealand Flax - Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum'; Wholesale Nursery Growers' Plant...
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Wholesale nurseries growing Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum' - Flax: Dwarf Red New Zealand Flax. Sales to the trade only. Over 1000 wholesale nursery growers listing over 6500 species of plants ... Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum' - Flax: Dwarf Red New Zealand Flax; Wholesale Nurseries To The Trade Only.
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Specializing in zonal denial and the botanically intriguing. ... Phormium: Few plants can provide structure to the garden like New Zealand Flax. The erect strap-like leaves in varying colours of pink, red, burgundy, chocolate, green and cream are indispensable in the West Coast garden.
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