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Phormium tenax – New Zealand Flax

A broad plant to 6 feet tall with wide sword shaped leaves, this New Zealand flax makes a magnificent feature plant for a large, sunny, garden. The arcitecural form of Phormium texax will provide structure and act as a foil for flowering plants. It copes particularly well with wind and coastal sites.This versatile and very atrractive New Zealand mountain flax, can look stunning in a modern galvanised planter surrounded by a group of other phormiums, or perhaps as a statement piece in a garden bed. A versatile evergreen plant that will tolerate a range of conditions and look at home in a variety of different planting planting schemes.Phormium texax is a large, robust species, with thick, dark green leaves with blue-green undersides. In hot summers, towering flower spikes may appear – the twisted seedheads can be quite attractive too and add an extra dimension to the winter garden when they become coated in frost. Supplied in approx 5 litre containers.

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