Collected from a wet frost flat in the mountains of Honshu.Broadly spreading, deciduous. Prolific white flowers followed by tiny 5mm shiny red apples in February, popular for bonsai. Seed eating birds love the fruit.

A stunningly dark purple Flax that is very well regarded and very wildly planted as an ornamental throughout NZ. Upright spears of purple-black foliage.

NZ evergreen. Broad erect green or bluish-green blades, erect tall flower heads in spring attract nectar feeding birds. Seed pods stand erect. Favours wet sites but adaptable. Used for shelter in exposed moist coastal sites.

Throughout much of Mexico at 1600-2400m in low rainfall 380-640mm areas. Needles in 2 &3's, Cones globose, 10cm with 15-18 fertile scales with almost wingless seeds 10mm long. Jays and squirrels take the seeds, bury some for winter use, and some survive to grow into trees. People harvest the seed for roasting and eating.