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Phormium 'Rainbow Red' red and purple striped foliage.

Phormium 'Rainbow Red'

Phormium 'Rainbow Red' is a vibrant New Zealand native flax admired for its bold, arching leaves in shades of bronze, red, and pink. This striking ornamental plant brings strong colour and structure to gardens year round. Hardy and versatile, it thrives in a wide range of NZ conditions, from coastal to urban settings. With its dramatic foliage and easy care nature, Phormium 'Rainbow Red' is a standout feature for both modern and traditional landscapes.

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Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Flaxes
Height: 60 cm
Spread: 60 cm
Flowering time: Summer
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy, Wet, Wind
Garden uses: Borders, Containers, Living areas, Parks, Paths & Steps, Patios, Ponds, Pool areas, Specimen
Garden styles: Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, Native, Riparian
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Phormium Taya (Taya Flax)

Phormium Taya is a variety of Flax that produces sword-like leaves that are dark purple with a red undertone. This variety typically grows to 1 m tall and the same wide with a tidy and compact habit. Phormium Taya makes a fantastic addition to mixed plantings, border plantings, and coastal gardens. It is commonly planted around water features, pool and barbecue areas, and other living areas.

From $19.84

Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Flaxes
Height: 1.00 m
Spread: 1.00 m
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy, Wind
Garden uses: Banks, Borders, Living areas, Paths & Steps, Pool areas
Garden styles: Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern, Native
Phormium tenax plant in a garden with green foliage.

Phormium tenax

Phormium tenax, commonly known as the NZ flax or Harakeke, is a flax plant that produces erect, green, sword-like leaves. Stems rise above the...

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Leptospermum Red Damask

Leptospermum Red Damask, also known as Leptospermum scoparium 'Red Damask', is a hardy New Zealand native shrub celebrated for its striking double...

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Callistemon Matthew Flinders (Red Callistemon)

Callistemon Matthew Flinders is a popular variety of Bottlebrush due to its colourful flowers, foliage, and small stature. Bright red flowers coat...

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Phormium Moonraker (Moonraker Flax)

Phormium Moonraker is a variety of Flax that produces cream and green leaves, and grows with a tidy and compact habit to about 75 cm tall and the...

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Rhododendron Vireya Red Mountain

Rhododendron Vireya ‘Red Mountain’ is a tropical shrub growing up to 1.5 metres tall with a compact, rounded growth habit. Known for its striking red...

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A Loropetalum 'Red Temple' plant with dark purple-red foliage and elegant, pink flowers.

Loropetalum 'Red Temple'

Loropetalum 'Red Temple' produces mildly fragrant, pink-red flowers through winter, which are both unusual and appealing. The foliage on this bushy...

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Callistemon Red Cluster (Red Bottlebrush)

Callistemon Red Cluster is a vigorous, evergreen shrub renowned for its attractive foliage and bottlebrush-like flowers. Masses of the showy, red...

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Phormium Chocolate Chip (Chocolate Chip Flax)

Phormium Chocolate Chip is a smaller variety of Flax that produces leaves that are coloured milk-chocolate. It grows to 75 cm tall and wide in full...

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Anthurium Red Winner

Anthurium Red Winner is a popular indoor plant admired for its glossy green foliage and vibrant red flowers. Compact and easy to care for, it brings...

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Pseudowintera 'Red Leopard' red and green spotted foliage.

Pseudowintera 'Red Leopard'

Pseudowintera 'Red Leopard' is a NZ native shrub that features striking foliage. The leaves are gold-green with dominant, deep red leopard spots. It...

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Large Carex comans red plants with elegant, bronze-red foliage.

Carex comans Red

Carex comans Red is a NZ native, ornamental grass that features slender, hair-like foliage which is a bronze-red colour. It grows as a clump and...

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Hedychium greenii plants with red flowers.

Hedychium greenii (Red Butterfly Ginger)

Hedychium greenii, commonly known as Red Butterfly Ginger, is a striking tropical perennial prized for its bold maroon stems, dark green leaves with...

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Escallonia 'Red Knight' growing as a border around the base of a tree.

Escallonia 'Red Knight'

Escallonia 'Red Knight' is a hardy, evergreen shrub prized in New Zealand gardens for its rich green foliage and striking clusters of deep red...

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Myrsine australis tree with green leaves and red stems.

Myrsine australis (Red Matipo)

Myrsine australis, commonly known as Red Matipo, is a NZ native shrub grown for its handsome foliage. It features red stems which host yellow-green...

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Escallonia 'Red Elf' red flowers and glossy, green foliage.

Escallonia 'Red Elf'

Escallonia 'Red Elf' is a compact, evergreen shrub prized for its glossy, green foliage and vibrant, red, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from late...

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A stunning Albizia julibrissin 'Red Silk' tree with masses of red flowers.

Albizia 'Red Silk'

Albizia 'Red Silk' is a variety of the commonly known Silk Tree, and is grown for its delicate foliage and showy flowers. The fern-like foliage is...

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Cordyline australis 'Red Star' plants with fabulous dark red-purple foliage.

Cordyline Red Star

Cordyline 'Red Star' is a popular evergreen plant renowned for its striking, deep red, sword-like leaves, which add a strong architectural form to...

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Phormium Velvet Underground

Phormium Velvet Underground is a colourful NZ native flax that features striking grey foliage with pink stripes. It grows as a very tidy clump to...

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Azalea Mrs Kint Red

Azalea Mrs Kint Red is grown for its lovely form and profuse flowering. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces masses of medium sized, pink flowers...

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Phormium Pepe (Dwarf Flax)

Phormium Pepe is a smaller variety of Flax that produces narrow and sword-like, bright green leaves. It typically grows to just 45 cm tall and the...

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Verbena Endurascape Red (Trailing Verbena)

“Endurascape Red” is an herbaceous perennial grown for its showy clusters of vibrant, bright red flowers. The flowers are produced from late spring...

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Acer rubrum Columnare (Red Columnar Maple)

Acer rubrum 'Columnare' is a deciduous red maple tree celebrated for its upright, columnar form and vibrant autumn foliage. This cultivar features...

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Acer palmatum 'Red Emperor' specimen tree in a mixed planting.

Acer Red Emperor

Acer 'Red Emperor' is an impressive Japanese Maple that features lush foliage that emerges a deep red colour, remains this way until autumn, then...

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Buddleia 'Royal Red' dark pink flowers and grey-green foliage.

Buddleia Royal Red

Buddleia Royal Red is a deciduous and fast-growing shrub produces large sprays of scented, rose-pink flowers from summer through autumn. These are...

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Azalea Red Wings

Red Wings is a variety of Azalea grown for its lovely form and profuse flowering. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces masses of medium sized...

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Sorbus aucuparia Scarlet King (Rowan Tree NZ)

Sorbus aucuparia Scarlet King is a variety of the commonly known, Mountain Ash, and is a small-sized, deciduous with impressive characteristics...

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Camellia Red Red Rose

Camellia Red Red Rose produces beautiful, double, bright red flowers. These spectacular blooms appear from winter through spring and blend nicely...

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Callistemon Red Alert

Callistemon Red Alert is an evergreen shrub renowned for its attractive foliage and hardiness. New growth is bright red and literally transforms the...

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Pelargonium Redder Than Red (Deep Red Geranium)

Pelargonium Redder Than Red is a variety of Pelargonium grown for its clusters of bright red flowers. The showy flowers are borne through spring and...

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Photinia 'Red Robin' hedge with colourful foliage.

Photinia 'Red Robin'

Photinia ‘Red Robin’ is a popular evergreen shrub renowned for its vibrant red new growth, which contrasts beautifully with the mature glossy green...

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Phormium 'Rainbow Red'

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