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PHORMIUM 'Apricot Queen' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to N. Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots & borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drough, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: arching, soft yellow stripes with lime green margins, seasonally flushed with apricot. Height: to 3-4'. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Best Red' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Foliage: warm reddish-pink with olive stripes. Height: 4-5 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Black Rage' New Zealand Flax, New Zealand Hemp, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Foliage: weeping, bluish-black with silver blue undersides. Very striking! Height: 3-4'. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. (syn. P. tenax 'Black Rage') |
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PHORMIUM 'Dark Delight' (syn. 'Double Delight') New Zealand Flax Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Somewhat slow growing. Foliage: drooping, velvety purple-black. Height: to 3-3.5 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Dazzler' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers & borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. A stable cultivar & very red! Foliage: slightly arching, red and brown with rose red central stripe. Height: 3'. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. (syn. 'Red Stripe') |
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PHORMIUM 'Duet' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Slow growing. Foliage: upright, bright green with lemon-yellow margins. Height: to 3 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Dusky Chief' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. A good grower. Foliage: upright, dark purple-black. Height: to 2.5-3 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Firebird' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to N. Zealand. Good for pool sides, pots & borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Foliage: slightly drooping, purple bronze w/brt crimson stripes & margins (sometimes w/bronze lines & crimson stripe). Height: around 3 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Guardsman' New Zealand Flax, New Zealand Hemp, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: upright, red-bronze with wide scarlet margins. Height: to 4-5 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. (syn. P. tenax 'Guardsman' or P. 'Red Guardian') |
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PHORMIUM 'Jester' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Slow growing. Foliage: drooping narrow, lime-green with rose-pink margins. Height: to 2 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Maori Maiden' (syn. 'Rainbow Maiden') New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Good grower. Foliage: drooping, apricot to rose-red with olive margins. Height: to 3 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Maori Queen' (syn. 'Rainbow Queen') New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, pots & borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Slow growing. Foliage: upright, medium olive-green with wide soft rose to cream margins. Height: 2-3 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Platt's Black' (syn. P. colensoi, cookianum) New Zealand Flax Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: drooping, deep purple-black. Height: 2.5 feet. Exposure: sun to light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Rainbow' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: upright, olive with wide rose-red to cream margins. Height: to 4-5 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Sea Jade' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Good grower. Foliage: upright, bright green with dark olive mid-stripes. Height: to 2.5-3 feet. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Sundowner' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: upright, slightly arching coppery-red with deep pink margins. Height: to 5 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Tom Thumb' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Somewhat slow growing. Foliage: drooping, rich green with bronze red margins. Height: to 1.5-2 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Wings of Gold' Dwarf New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Slow growing. Foliage: slightly arching, olive-green foliage that have cream-yellow margins that are faintly red-edged. Height 3-4'. Width: 2-3'. Exposure: sun/light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM 'Yellow Wave' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: drooping, rich yellow with bright green margins. Height: 3-5 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM colensoi 'Cream Delight' New Zealand Flax Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: drooping, soft yellow with rich green margins. Height: to 3-4 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. (syn. P. cookianum 'Cream Delight') |
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PHORMIUM colensoi 'Flamingo' New Zealand Flax, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Slow grower. Foliage: drooping, soft flamingo-pink with olive margins. Height: to 2.5-3 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. (syn. P. cookianum 'Flamingo') |
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PHORMIUM colensoi 'Tricolor' New Zealand Flax (syn. P. cookianum 'Tricolor') Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, pots & borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: drooping, rich green with cream margins that are edged with rose-red. Height: to 3-4 feet. Exposure: part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM cookianum 'Black Adder' New Zealand Flax Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray & poor soil. Foliage: deep burgundy black leaves with glossy overlay. Height: 3 feet. Spread: 3 feet. Exposure: sun to light shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM tenax 'Bronze Baby' New Zealand Flax, New Zealand Hemp, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, windbreak, pots and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coast winds, salt spray and poor soil. Vigorous. Foliage: upright, arching red-brown with some orange in fall. Height: 3-4 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. USDA Z8. |
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PHORMIUM tenax 'Jack Spratt' New Zealand Flax, New Zealand Hemp, Flax Lily Perennial: Evergreen. Native to New Zealand. Good for pool sides, containers and borders. Tolerant of heat, deer, drought, coastal winds, salt spray and poor soil. Foliage color: drooping, reddish-brown with bright green base. Height: 1.5-2 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: can vary. Sunset Zones 7-14. USDA Z8. |