SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS first planted Phormium en masse about a century ago, and with good reason: Those spiky leaves -- long and linear, a muted green that seemed custom-made for this landscape -- were ...
One of my favourite quick and easy winter combinations features red cyclamen nudging through the spidery, black leaves of lilyturf (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'). The dark foliage adds real ...
Several weeks ago, I wrote about how to prune ornamental grasses. This article covers a similar topic: how to care for two widely used and loved perennial plants that resemble oversized grasses. There ...
It's not unheard of, but certainly uncommon to see that many New Zealand flax (Phormium) plants have burst into bloom around the city this summer. We grow Phormium primarily for its foliage: A clump ...
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS first planted Phormium en masse about a century ago, and with good reason: Those spiky leaves -- long and linear, a muted green that seemed custom-made for this landscape -- were ...
Being not fully hardy, many phormium plants were killed during the cold winter of 2010, and people vowed never to plant them again, but memories are short, and new plants have been planted. This plant ...
GARDENING GERRY DALY THE New Zealand flax has become an important plant in Irish gardens. The common name can be a bit misleading. Phormium is known as New Zealand flax, not because it is related to ...
Q: I have a few hybrid phormium in my yard, planted a year ago. Imagine my surprise to discover this summer that several of these plants began to revert to solid-color, larger-leaved plants. Is there ...
Editor’s Note: After more than 20 years advising Sonoma County gardeners on their horticultural problems, the Garden Doctors are retiring. This is their last column and they sign off here, with warm ...
THE original edition of this little hand-book appeared in 1872, since which period a great deal of consideration has been given in this country to the further development of vegetable fibres generally ...
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