New Zealand Flax

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    Could someone give me the correct name for the above. Or is that it.
    Thanks Kev
     
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    Hi Kev. New Zealand Flax is Phormium tenax and is a member of the lily family (Liliaceae) There is also the smaller, closely related Phormium cookianum known as Mountain Flax - also from New Zealand.
     
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    Thanks Hornbeam just had a total blank
     
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