The best selling CD Rom of 2004, 2005 and 2006, this is the educational CD Rom that will teach you to use leaves in wonderful ways, just like the experts do. Short movies, step by step instructions and slide shows giving examples of the techniques in real designs make this the CD to have in your floral design library for continual inspiration.
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We are absolutely delighted to offer you below,information on New Zealand Flax plus links to free lessons for using it EXCLUSIVE TO FLORALARTMALL.COM
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Scientific Name:Phornium Cookianum, :Phornium Tenex, previously from the Lilaceae family, now the Phormiacae.
Common Name: Phornium Cookianum: mountain flax, whakariki
Phornium Tenex: New Zealand Flax, swamp flax, harakeke
Phornium Tenex, is seen on many New Zealand coastlines and swamps, it grows easily and quickly into a huge clump. The dull red flowers are on a tall spike, with black pods appearing afterwards. The flowers are a source of nectar for birds, especially the New Zealand native Tui. It was exported for rope and string in earlier times.
Phornium Cookianum is smaller, common on both the coast and mountain areas. It has yellow flowers that twist in a spiral.
Phornium is a valuable evergreen making an all-year interest in the garden. It is also an easy to maintain cover plant on banks,and is magnificent in large landscape designs. Also good-looking as a single specimen in smaller gardens.
Resistant to all the weather can throw at it. Tenex, is a large, hard variety, less easy to roll and manipulate.
The varieties pictured are all available as garden plants, the wide range of colours the result of developing phornium past the original colours.These particular samples pictured come from Kwan Garden creations, Kerikeri New Zealand.

The flax was very important to Maori for weaving baskets, mats, cloaks, fishing lines and nets. The plants they chose were prized for their fibre and strength.
Floral artists use the leaves, the flower stalks after the flowers are finished, and the seed pods, so it is very versatile.
As the leaves are a sculptural foliage the broad, sword like leaves are valuable for establishing height on a design. It can be used as it grows for a vertical design, or rolled and pinned for a modern approach.Try shredding the leaves, plaiting them after dividing into 3 or 4 strips,or making each leaf into a plaited flower. It needs very little conditioning and will last a very long time in floral foam.To make flax more flexible, warm it in your hand, stroking it into the direction you wish it to go.It will become more maliable and you will be able to then curve it in a smooth sweeping loop.
The flower stalks are light and soft so you can build tripods, grids and structures with them, using a pin or nail to hold two pieces together.
The huge colour range means you can select a flax to contrast or complement your other plant material in a floral design.
A floral artist legend once said, " you can always buy flowers but foliage is harder to buy so plant it in your garden first".

AND NOW THOSE TWO FREE LESSONS....
This is a design using almost totally New Zealand flax in two varieties.For a free lesson on how to do it click here
A floral art workshop with an emphasis on strong horizontal lines is the basis of this lesson with Geraldine Bathhurst. Flax is a strong part of the design.
Try the lesson here