Phormium_tenax_

New Zealand Flax Seed

Phormium tenax

£7.50 – £16.00 inc. VAT

New Zealand Flax, Phormium, is a very striking evergreen shrub with foliage that forms clumps of rigid sword like leaves between 1 and 3m long. Bronze red flowers on panicles up to 4m long in summer. Highly resistant to sea winds and forms an excellent windbreak. The seed looks as if it is covered in black foil, very shiney but papery too.

Earn up to 16 Points.

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Description

Phormium tenax

Common name: New Zealand Flax.

Native: New Zealand

Provenance: Italy

Size and spread (10 years): 1.8m x 1.5m

Treatment required: Requires a pre chill.

Seeds / kg:  c. 28,200:  25%viable

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Wide range of soils types including those found in coastal areas.

Planting instructions: Give space to develop. Probably better sheltered from strong winds

Mature height: 2m x 1.5m

pic courtesy of Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Additional information

Weight 5.00 g
Size

Mini Seed Pack (approx 125 seeds), Seed Pack (approx 625 seeds)
Genus

Phormium
Family

Asphodelaceae
Hardiness

Hardy
Life Cycle

shrub
Evergreen

evergreen
Interest

foliage
Requires

sun