Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax
A bright variety with emerging yellow folage that fades to pale yellow with green edges; beautiful and eye catching as an accent in the garden or massed along borders; also a great center for a mixed container
Attracts,
Brand,
Brand,
Botanical Name,
Bulb Size,
Bulbs per Package,
Deer Resistant,Yes
Evergreen or Deciduous,Evergreen
Family,
Family Name,Phormium
Flower Color,
Bloom Time,
Foliage Color,Green
Genus,
Genus Name,Phormium
Model,
Tomato Class,
Tomato Type,
Weather,
Days to Emerge,
Days to Maturity,
Edible,
Features,
Growth Rate,Medium
Hardiness,
Hardiness Zone,8a
Harvest Season,
Landscape Uses,Accent, Massing, Garden, Container
Light Needs,Full Sun, Partial Shade
Mature Height,4 feet
Mature Width,4 feet
Prune Time,Spring Cleanup
Self Pollinating,
Water Needs,Average to Moist
Waterwise,
Essentials for Success
For flourishing plants, use potting soil for potted plants or planting mix for garden beds paired with Root Zone starter fertilizer is the perfect duo to foster robust root growth and minimize transplant shock.
Details
Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax is an open herbaceous evergreen perennial with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Features
Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax's attractive large sword-like leaves emerge yellow in spring, turning chartreuse in color with distinctive green edges the rest of the year. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.
Care
Planting & Growing
Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 4 feet apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its height, it is often used as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
