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Phormium tenax 'Taniwha'. Harakeke cultivar. Orchiston Collection.

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Harakeke cultivar. A handsome bronze coloured flax. Deep brown tones with crimson, almost translucent margins and markings along the centre of the blades. Sometimes known as the Blue flax because of the distinct purply-blue bloom on the underside of the leaves and on the kōrari. Ornamental. Contrasts well when planted among other varieties.

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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