Second of two parts on New Zealand plants in the Bay Area.Few Californians are aware of it, but plants from New Zealand have deep roots in our state's horticultural history. Some were sold in Bay Area ...

The cold, harsh winter massacred practically every New Zealand flax (Phormium), leaving them ugly, brown and bent over. Although there's no way to know for sure, chances are good that the root system ...

On one of several voyages to the South Pacific in 1773, the English mariner Captain James Cook spied an unusual plant in the black sands of a New Zealand beach. The largest carried small red flowers ...

Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. Many of us are probably too young to know about the time when the New Zealand flax industry was flourishing. As reported in the ...

It's not unheard of, but certainly uncommon to see that many New Zealand flax (Phormium) plants have burst into bloom around the city this summer. We grow Phormium primarily for its foliage: A clump ...