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Serendipitous supply
When the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust wanted to give a gift of plants, locally sourced from Rarangi Beach, east of Blenheim, they came to Oratia. Not only could we provide an eco-sourced species, it was also a plant which had since disappeared from the region!

This is the Trust's story.

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Phormium tenax Guardsman
Height: 2m;  Spread: 2m
Flax cultivar (Flax)
The largest of the coloured flaxes with deep pink-red variegations. Spiky foliage. Keep well fed for best colour.
» Click here for our Phormium article published in the Titirangi Tatler, June 2012
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