Join George as he tackles a neglected garden overtaken by New Zealand flax in Hobart, Tasmania. This restoration project took ...

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 ...

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 ...

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