Native Flax Pictures

Native New Zealand flaxes (Phormiums) come in all shapes and sizes and demeanours - some stand stiffly upright, while others are gracefully fountain shaped.

PInk Red Flax...
Thu 10th Apr 2008
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Many of the popular New Zealand flax hybrids have red or pink toned leaves. They certainly warm up the garden in winter!

Flax with Roses...
Thu 18th Mar 2004
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I love growing New Zealand native flaxes next to roses.

Dark Red Flax...
Sun 14th Mar 2004
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This large dark red flax is growing on the edge of the water race.

Flax Red Flower...
Sun 1st Feb 2004
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The New Zealand flaxes put on a surprising flowering show mid-summer. Huge stalks are thrown out of the plants, the endsd covered in flowerpods. Birds drink the nectar. This flower is from a large Phormium Tenax.

Green Flax Pod...
Fri 5th Dec 2003
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This bright green pod is part of a smaller flowering flax, possibly the species Phormium Cookianum. It flowers in early summer.

Red Cordyline with Flax...
Mon 3rd Sep 2001
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Flax Yellow Wave provides neighbourly contrast for a red Cordyline in Middle Border.

Breath of Heaven...
Thu 14th Jun 2001
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Two contrasting neighbours whose colours and textures complement each other.

Flax Tricolor and Golden Hop...
Tue 10th Apr 2001
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In Middle Border the Golden Hop continues rampaging through its neighbour plants.

Flax and Carex ...
Tue 10th Apr 2001
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Two neighbours who complement each other with their difference in scale.

Rainbow Flax Stripes...
Tue 10th Apr 2001
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The faint cherry red edge of these flax leaves can only be appreciated close up.

Stripes on Cream Delight...
Tue 20th Feb 2001
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The combination of cream and clear green makes this flax one of my favourites.

Pittosporum and Flax Leaf...
Wed 31st Jan 2001
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This tiny leaved Pittosporum has a colour range similar to its large flax neighbour.

Half and Half...
Wed 31st Jan 2001
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Detail of a symmetrically striped flax leaf

Small Red Flax...
Mon 22nd Jan 2001
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Warm colours which always remind me of the sky at sunset

Red Flax with Cornflower...
Sun 21st Jan 2001
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The blue cornflowers self seed here in Middle Border, and are strong enough to push themselves through other more sturdy plants.