🌿 Flax Lily (Dianella tasmanica)

Flax Lily is a hardy, grass-like perennial that adds texture and rich green color to landscapes with minimal effort. Its glossy, strap-like leaves form neat clumps, making it perfect for borders, groundcovers, or containers. Popular in Florida landscapes, it thrives in sun or part shade, grows quickly, and requires very little care once established — ideal for the busy gardener.

🌸 Flowers & Foliage

• Foliage: Flat, glossy green leaves; variegated cultivar (D. tasmanica ‘Variegata’) adds white striping for extra interest

• Flowers: Small, starry light-blue blossoms with yellow stamens in winter through spring

• Fruit: Occasionally followed by bright blue berries about the size of an olive

🌱 Plant Details

• Type: Evergreen perennial

• Mature Size: 1–3 ft. tall × 1–3 ft. wide

• Growth Habit: Clumping, spreading; grass-like form

• Exposure: Full sun to part shade

• Soil: Well-drained; tolerant of varied conditions once established

• Water Needs: Low to moderate; drought-tolerant once rooted

• Hardiness: USDA Zones 8–11 (may die back in frost but often regrows from roots)

• Maintenance: Very low; cut back old or reverted foliage in late winter

🌟 Why We Love It

• Low-maintenance beauty — thrives with little care once established

• Year-round texture — grass-like foliage adds contrast and movement

• Tough & adaptable — handles drought, shifting sun, and poor soil

• Fast grower — quickly fills borders, containers, and groundcover beds

🌼 Landscape Uses

• Groundcover in sunny or partly shaded areas

• Border plant along walkways or beds

• Container accent for patios and porches

• Mixed into landscape beds for texture contrast

⚠️ Plant Notes

• Frost may kill foliage, but established plants regrow in spring.

• Variegated leaves can revert to solid green — prune these out to maintain color.

✅ Level To Leaf Tip: For a quick refresh, cut Flax Lily back to the crown in late winter — it will bounce back with fresh, glossy growth in spring.