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Kōrero: Horticultural use of native plants

Margaret Jones

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Margaret Jones

There are many coloured forms of New Zealand flax (Phormium species). Since 1980, Tauranga plant breeder Margaret Jones has bred some of the most popular cultivars, such as ‘Firebird’ (front) and ‘Pizzaz’ (rear).

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Bay of Plenty Times

Reference: 29 January 1998, p. 18

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Horticultural use of native plants – Breeding native plants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10460/margaret-jones (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.