How to Grow and Care for Flax Lily - The Spruce
Apr 9, 2024 · This fast-growing plant is often used as a groundcover or border plant. Despite its common name, flax lily is primarily grown for its foliage. The light-blue flowers are very small and not showy. Flax lily rarely blooms when grown as a houseplant.
How to Plant and Grow Flax Lily - Better Homes & Gardens
Nov 3, 2023 · If you're looking for a tough and rugged accent plant that works either as a houseplant or outdoors, follow our guide to learn to grow flax lily.
Gardening 101: Flax Lily - Gardenista
Apr 3, 2019 · Flax lily is extremely successful in dry shade, where it imparts a tropical vibe. Dianella is a superb choice for mass planting under large trees. The foliage, flowers, and berries of flax lily are attractive additions to flower arrangements.
Flax Lily - Gardening Solutions
Flax lily, Dianella tasmanica, is a spreading perennial with flat, glossy green leaves. This grass-like foliage plant is often used as a groundcover, border plant, or even as an accent plant, to bring color and texture into the landscape. This fast-growing plant also works well in containers.
Variegated Flax Lily: A Low-Maintenance Beauty for Your Garden
Dec 5, 2022 · This plant has a clumping habit and can grow up to two feet tall and wide, making them a great addition to gardens of all sizes. In the spring and summer, variegated flax lily produces clusters of small, lavender flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Flax Lily Dianella - Gardenista
Growing Flax Lily: Tips at a Glance. Tropical flowering perennial Dianella looks like a grass, acts like a grass, and solves problems like a grass, with a bonus: it produces pretty star-shaped leaves and colorful berries. Use it as an edging plant in shady spots for best results. Type Tropical flower.
Silver Streak Flax Lily - Monrovia
Silver Streak Flax Lily. Handsome, strap-like, green and white-striped leaves that will brighten up garden beds and borders. The neat, clumping habit is ideal for massing as a groundcover. Delicate sprays of pale blue-violet flowers appear above the foliage in mid-spring; bright blue berries follow in summer.
Flax Lily (Dianella tasmanica) - MyGardenLife
Plant Details. Category: Perennial. Light: Part Shade. Bloom Season: Summer. Height: 2-4' / 0.6-1.2m. Space: 15-18" / 38-46cm. Zones: 8, 9. Lowest Temp: 10° to 20°F / -12° to -7°C. Colors: Blue. Basic Care. Best in acidic, humus-rich soil. Tolerates drought, but looks best with regular watering. Apply a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly.
Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Dianella tasmanica, also known as Tasman flax lily or simply flax lily, is a sedge-like, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial native to Tasmania and southeastern Australia. Its narrow, strap-like leaves can reach 3' long, and individual plants can reach 1.5-2' tall.
Variegated flax lily - Waterwise Garden Planner
Variegated flax lily — Dianella tasmanica ‘Variegata‘ The Variegated flax lily has a clumping habit in size to 2 ft. tall and stiff pale green sword-like leaves with white striping. Inflorescences of tiny white and yellow flowers occur in spring and are often unnoticed.