Phormium tenax, the Coastal Flax, is the larger and more common plant in cultivation; its long strap leaves in shades of green, bronze and maroon are a familiar sight to gardeners in California. The Mountain Flax, Phormium cookianum (P. coloensoi), is a smaller, more graceful plant that has just lately been gaining popularity in California.

Phormium, a native New Zealander, is a relative newcomer to the Northwest garden scene. It has long been grown in California as a strong growing upright and dramatic ‘ornamental-grass-on-steroids’ accent plant.

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Phormium ‘Sundowner’ is a statement plant, standing at 6-8’ tall with strong, upright leaves. This sentinel adds playful color to the landscape with its medium-to-olive green leaves variegated with rose pink and cream.

Botanical Name: Phormium 'Rainbow Warrior' Common Name: Rainbow Warrior New Zealand Flax A dramatic perennial forming clumps of strappy, evergreen leaves in dark pink to cream, with dark green edges.

Phormium has become a reliable plant for adding year-round drama to a mixed border, poolside, decorative pot, or even a parking strip. Long, linear leaves of this evergreen perennial come in solid colors or with contrasting stripes in all hues except blue.

2023年3月3日 · Phormium is ubiquitous in the drought tolerant California landscape. This plant has very distinctive sword-like leaves which all branch out from its base. There are small 18” deep bronze phormium varieties, and there are large green 10’ phormiums—and everything between.

Phormium 'Wildwood' (New Zealand Flax) - A most beautiful New Zealand Flax cultivar that grows to 5 to 6 feet tall by as wide with graceful dark purple-maroon colored 2- to 3-inch-wide leaves that arch over toward the tips.

Phormium ‘Dusky Chief’ adds dramatic color to the landscape with its burgundy-copper leaves that glow a rusty orange when backlit by the sun. Upon close inspection, the underside of each leaf appears to have a dusky-silver sheen. Growing 3-4’ tall and wide, this cultivar is a smaller, more graceful form of Phormium with soft, upright leaves.

Phormium cookianum 'Cream Delight' (Variegated New Zealand Flax) - New Zealand Flax cultivar that grows to 3 feet tall by 6 feet wide with bold 2 1/2 inch wide arching leaves with cream-yellow midstripe and green margins edged with red. Plant in full sun to shade - may sunburn in full sun in Southern California.