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Dianella longifolia

Plant name: Smooth flax lily

Plant type: strappy leaf / native lilies

Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet

Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE

Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy.

Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove spent seed heads late summer.

Tolerates: Drought conditions, frost hardy.

Flowering season: Late spring through to summer.

Flower colour: Purple/dark blue star shaped flowers on long flower spikes, followed by attractive purple berries.

Foliage colour: Dark green, strap like leaf blades.

Height: Up to 1m

Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting.

Recommended uses: Ornamental grass ideal for landscaping, rockeries, bird attracting berries.

Description: Spreading evergreen with attractive purple flower spikes.