Scientific Name
Phormium texax

Common Name
New Zeland flax

Hardiness Zones: 8-10
Height: 8 to 9; some compact cultivars
Light Requirements: Sun to partial shade
Soil/Moisture: Average, well drained soil
Form/Texture: Crowded clumps
Inflorescence: Reddish brown trumpet shaped flowers on tall naked stalks
Comments: Iris like leaves; good container plant; rapid growth
Cultivars:
Guardsman:

Artropurpureum: purple red foliage

Rubrum: deep purple red foliage

Bronze: deep purple red foliage

Maori Sunset, Maori Queen, Sundowner: bronze leaves striped with pink, red, and white

Yellow Wave: yellow striped green foliage

 

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