Flax – Pioneer Nursery https://pioneernursery.co.nz Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:45:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pioneernursery.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pnr-favicon-100x100.png Flax – Pioneer Nursery https://pioneernursery.co.nz 32 32 Phormium cookianum Purpurea https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-cookianum-purpurea-3/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:59:06 +0000 https://pioneernursery.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=6603 Red/purple foliaged seedling form of Phormium cookianum. Slightly smaller in stature, great for a colour contrast in mixed native shelter plantings. Evergreen. Hardy. Tolerant of dry, cold and exposure.

available from Autumn

 

 

]]> Phormium tenax Goliath https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-tenax-goliath/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:51:22 +0000 https://pioneernursery.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=5507 Phormium tenax ‘Goliath’ is a very large form of the common flax (Phormium tenax) which grows fully to 3m. The origin of this form is unknown. The leaves are 2.4 to 4m long by 12.5 cm wide, erect and drooping at the tips. The back of the leaf is very glaucous and the margins are marked with a very thin, almost black line.

Available from Autumn

]]> Phormium tenax https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-tenax-3/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 01:07:01 +0000 http://staging.pioneernursery.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=2099 Hardy low shelter.  Good for underplanting.  Upright dark olive-green leaves.  Tolerates wet and coastal conditions.  Flower heads in spring attract nectar-feeding birds.  Very hardy low shelter.

Available from Autumn

 

 

]]> Phormium tenax https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-tenax-2/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:00:15 +0000 https://pioneernursery.webtechevo.nz/?post_type=product&p=738 Hardy low shelter.  Good for underplanting.  Upright dark olive-green leaves.  Tolerates wet and coastal conditions.  Flower heads in spring attract nectar-feeding birds.  Very hardy low shelter.

Available from mid-late Autumn.

 

 

]]> Phormium tenax https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-tenax/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:58:35 +0000 https://pioneernursery.webtechevo.nz/?post_type=product&p=737 Hardy low shelter.  Good for underplanting.  Upright dark olive-green leaves.  Tolerates wet and coastal conditions.  Flower heads in spring attract nectar-feeding birds.  Very hardy low shelter.

 

 

]]> Phormium Emerald Gem https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-emerald-gem/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:56:27 +0000 https://pioneernursery.webtechevo.nz/?post_type=product&p=736 A compact dwarf green flax cultivar. Emerald Gem is very popular for amenity planting as it is smaller growing than Phormium cookianum. Yellow seed pods changing to black when ripe.

]]> Phormium cookianum https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-cookianum-2/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:52:02 +0000 https://pioneernursery.webtechevo.nz/?post_type=product&p=734 Weeping habit.  Tolerates wet and dry soils.  Fresh green leaves.  Tall flower spikes attract tuis.

Available from mid-late Autumn

 

 

]]> Phormium cookianum https://pioneernursery.co.nz/product/phormium-cookianum/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:49:13 +0000 https://pioneernursery.webtechevo.nz/?post_type=product&p=733 Weeping habit.  Tolerates wet and dry soils.  Fresh green leaves.  Tall flower spikes attract tuis.

 

 

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