SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS first planted Phormium en masse about a century ago, and with good reason: Those spiky leaves -- long and linear, a muted green that seemed custom-made for this landscape -- were ...
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 ...
Second of two parts on New Zealand plants in the Bay Area.Few Californians are aware of it, but plants from New Zealand have deep roots in our state's horticultural history. Some were sold in Bay Area ...
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Watch me tackle a wild New Zealand flax!
A garden in Hobart, Tasmania, is in dire need of restoration, appearing untouched since its planting. The focus is on ...
On one of several voyages to the South Pacific in 1773, the English mariner Captain James Cook spied an unusual plant in the black sands of a New Zealand beach. The largest carried small red flowers ...
A surfboard made from Native New Zealand Flax (harakeke) has been put on display at a Science New Zealand display in the Wellington Airport. Scientists working for BPN a biotech joint venture between ...
Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. Many of us are probably too young to know about the time when the New Zealand flax industry was flourishing. As reported in the ...
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