New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Ornamental flowers and grasses
Large perennial with long tough strap-like leaves. Both a variegated and an unvariegated cultivar are planted, the vartiegated form being lower and more spreading, with yellow leaves with green borders ('Yellow wave') and the unvariegated form more upright with olive-green leaves (?Platt's dark). Bought and planted in 2015. Not yet flowered.
In herbaceous border.