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Phormium cookianum x tenax 'Surfer'
Mountain Flax
Notes

Uses: A compact flax useful as a specimen plant or in groups with other grass leaved plants. Attractive contrasting foliage for mixed beds, borders, verges and under trees. A smaller flax highly suited to landscaping.
Foliage a fresh green colour with bronze-purple margins. Requires well-drained soils.

  • Height 0.3-0.6m
  • Spread 0.4-0.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Hemerocallidaceae
  • Botanical Name Phormium cookianum x tenax 'Surfer'
  • Common Name Mountain Flax
  • Origin New Zealand
  • Habit Erect, Clumping, Semi-Dwarf, Arching
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red, Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax