Flax Leaf

This is an upright compact flax which I have growing in several places in the garden. The stripes look as if they have been hand painted, and are in colours of olive green and dusky rose pink.

Some leaves are coloured in two halves. Plants grow to over one metre tall, and the leaves stay stiff and erect.

half and half stripe on flax

A Bad Flax Habit

This particular variety has one bad habit - it likes to revert to the plain dull green Phormium Tenax species - best to be vigilant and cut the wrong growth out from the plant's base. If you don't - you'll think you've inherited a monster!