or hybrids of Phormium tenax and Phormium cookianum (sometimes called mountain flax). The varieties can be dazzling, but genetic mutations can cause a plant’s appearance to morph under certain ...

Edith and Bill N. write: Our garden is good-sized and we chose to plant several varieties of phormium (New Zealand flax), emphasizing their beautiful variations in color. To our dismay ...

But in the past 20 years new, smaller varieties have become available. These are versions of the giant flax, better selections and hybrids with the mountain flax, Phormium cookianum. The latter ...