A dark green smaller leaf, with a compact tight habit, ideal for hedging, clips well. Easier to keep as a low formal hedge. Copes with coastal and exposed sites, but not wet sites.

Broadly spreading, evergreen. Common throughout NZ. Long lived. Tolerates salt laden winds. A good screening plant with its glossy green leaves. Palatable to stock and possums. Cold hardy form from the Lewis Pass.

A compact, upright flax with narrow emerald-green leaves forming a small bushy clump. Much smaller than P. cookianum, so better for use in a home garden. Ideal for border group plantings or in containers. Grows well in most well drained positions. Evergreen. Hardy.

Broadly spreading, evergreen. Broad drooping bronze-purple blades producing a typical coastal flax form.