Flax Cream Delight

flax cream delight

There are now many different flax hybrids which are available in nurseries and garden centres. A particularly beautiful variety is named Cream Delight.

Its leaves are cream, with bands of mid green. This flax is extremely tidy and compact, growing to just over one meter. It grows quickly, producing an abundance of fattish leaves which cascade softly to the ground. Occasionally Cream Delight will produce flowers in mid-summer.

In the Apple Tree Garden

One of my Cream Delight flaxes lives in the semi-shade of the Apple Tree Garden where it is surrounded by white and lime green Nicotianas and a small old rose coloured hydrangea. The cream colour is warm without being overly bright, and lightens up the border.

It strongly defines the corner of this garden area, and is set far back enough from the grass not to be a nuisance to the lawnmower (flax leaves have incredibly strong 'threads' and do not break).

Flax Cream Delight in the Late Autumn Garden

I have another "Cream Delight" flax set back from the edge of the JAM garden. This flax looks good in all seasons, but particularly in summer surrounded by the tall Nicotiana Sylvestris. The corner flax in this border is a pleasing contrast, being a species Phormium tenax - taller and upright in stature.