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Phormium 'Alison Blackman' (New Zealand Flax) – A New Zealand Flax cultivar that grows to 4 feet tall with upright 1 ¾ to 2 ½" wide olive-green to bronze leaves with broad creamy-yellow stripes and orange-red edged margins.
Plant in full sun to light shade. Can tolerate fairly dry conditions (coastal) but looks best with occasional to regular irrigation. Cold hardy to 15-20° F and possibly root hardy below these temperatures but with severe foliage damage unless protected.
This plant from Barry Blackman, a nurseryman in New Zealand who named the plant in memory of his late daughter. It is also been called 'Golden Alison'. We started growing this relatively new cultivar in 2007 and it has a variegation that appears to be quite stable. We continued to produce this nice plant up until our last year in business and recommend it as attractive medium size flax cultivar.
The information about Phormium 'Alison Blackman' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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