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 ...
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 ...
For close to 30 years, Whanganui couple Marilyn and Marty Vreede have been making paper from leftover harakeke from the district's many weavers, while also helping to revitalise te reo Māori.
Join George as he tackles a neglected garden overtaken by New Zealand flax in Hobart, Tasmania. This restoration project took ...
Josh is a PhD student in history at Massey University. The flax trade played a pivotal yet often overlooked role in the history of New Zealand. What has been equally underestimated is the importance ...
The 8cm-tall flax snail fossil find has scientists believing the species has been in New Zealand for about 3 million years.Bruce Hayward / Supplied The discovery of two flax snail fossils in Auckland ...