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New Zealand plants didn't evolve for browsing ruminants, but there are a few that are beneficial fodder. Words: Sheryn Dean 1. NZ FLAX (harakeke, Phormium tenax) Flax makes a maintenance-free shelter, plus it helps to prevent bloat and to remedy scouring. Cows, sheep, deer, and goats will eat tips and strip the foliage of its tasty green parts. 2. BROADLEAF (kāpuka, Griselinia littoralis) Broadleaf is highly palatable to stock and deer, reasonably fast-growing, and recovers quickly from…

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Adding a bright note to the garden year-round, Phormium tenax 'Yellow Wave' (New Zealand Flax) is a very ornamental and robust evergreen perennial featuring a basal rosette of arching, strap-shaped leaves heavily striped with cream, butter-yellow and lime-green Impatiens Flowers, New Zealand Flax, Flax Flowers, Perennial Grasses, Fragrant Garden, Colorful Succulents, Gravel Garden, Coastal Gardens, Flax Seeds

Adding majesty to the garden year-round, Phormium tenax Purpureum Group (New Zealand Flax) is a very ornamental and robust evergreen perennial featuring a basal rosette of dark purple, strap-shaped leaves up to 6 ft. in length (2 m), that gracefully arch over toward the tips. The architectural and richly colored foliage is topped in summer with a dramatic flowering stalk, up to 10 ft. high (3 m), bearing panicles of tubular, red flowers which attract nectar-seeking birds. Native to New…

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