Wattle Woods Flaxes

When I sit on the garden bench by the pond I can see the sweeping curve of the Wattle Woods, and enjoy the New Zealand flaxes planted on the edge by the lawn. I love these brilliant foliage plants!

Flaxes in the Wattle Woods Garden

These photographs were taken in mid-winter and show what a tremendous part hybrid flaxes play in the style of the Moosey garden. It's heart-warming to be able to enjoy so much greenery in winter. These flaxes are called Yellow Wave.

The Edge of the Wattle Woods Garden

The Wattle Woods always quite dry, and there are many tough shrubs tucked away like Viburnum Tinus and Olearia which have survived years of annual summer neglect. The lumpy looking grass lawn is called the Pond Paddock. Yes it gets mown (and watered in summer) but it could seriously do with some GTLC - Gardener's Tender Loving Care...

Cream Delight Flax - 2005

At the grass edge of the Wattle Woods the plants need to be survivors. There is patchy sun, but the trees take a lot of the goodness and moisture from the soil. A New Zealand flaxes called Cream Delight has survived a few snow storms and is still growing well. Cream Delight has a weeping form, and it is reasonably large - better leave enough space for it in the garden! I grow hybrid flaxes in mixed plantings - you'll be able to see some Cecile Brunner roses nearby (not the climbing variety). In this part of the Wattle Woods garden there is quite a bit of sun, and I can grow a mixture of foliage plants and flowering plants like the large white Nicotiana Sylvestris.

flaxes in the wattle woods - 2004

Below is an early photograph, before this area was taken over by the flaxes. Some original roses still in here - somewhere - fighting for space!

flaxes in the wattle woods - 2001

I grow other coloured hybrid flaxes in the garden - particularly those with red and pink tones.