Phormium tenax is a New Zealand native, also known as New Zealand flax or harakeke. The plant grows on coastal swamps and low hills – although growth can vary from upright to floppy. This giant ...

Highways South, on behalf of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, will be removing harakeke (New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax) from problematic areas across the Southland state highway network after ...

Phormium tenax is one of those exotically "architectural" plants whose lateral ... (now, even surfboards), it does make occasional offerings to our wildlife. At home, and called the harakeke, ...