Variegated New Zealand Flax (Phormium Tenax) UK Grown 30+ seeds

Please find for sale 30+ fresh organically grown seeds for variegated New Zealand Flax (Phormium Tenax)  - a wonderfully striking and hardy centrepiece for a garden, whether in the border in in large pots.These seeds have been harvested and prepared from my own large plant that has been magnificent this year - so you wont get any fresher seeds.

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.Originally native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island, where the fibre has been widely used since the arrival of Maori to New Zealand, originally in MÄori traditional textiles and also in rope and sail making, after the arrival of Europeans until at least WWII. It has now as become a popular ornamental plant the world over. The plant grows as a clump of long, straplike leaves, up to two metres long, from which arises a much taller flowering shoot, with dramatic yellow or red flowers - my mother's specimen is flowering this summer and it is truly spectacular!

Seed Germination

• Soak seeds for in warm water for 24 hours. 
• Prepare a tray of good quality compost (ideally 50% compost and vermiculite or horticultural sand.
• Sow seeds on surface and press into compost to get a good contact.
• Cover with a fine layer of sieved compost 
• Place in warm place (circa 20c) but out of direct sunlightEnsure compost does not dry up - best to water from the bottom by having seed tray inside waterproof tray.
• Seeds germinate erratically - some within 4 weeks, others up to 6 months
• Prick out and pot on once large enough to handle.
• There are plenty of guides and videos on how to grow on these plants - check out some of the videos on the web.