Perennials, Tropicals > Dianella > Dianella tasmanica > Dianella tasmanica 'Gold Stripe'
Dianella tasmanica
'Gold Stripe'
Gold Stripe Flax Lily, Gold Stripe Tasmania Flax Lily
| Family |
| Asphodelaceae |
| Genus |
| Dianella |
| Species |
| tasmanica |
| Cultivar |
| 'Gold Stripe' |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Dianella tasmanica ‘Yellow Stripe’ |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9 to 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H1c |
| Height |
| 60-145 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| An evergreen herbaceous perennial that averages 60-145 cm in height. |
| Landscape |
| Mixed plantings, borders, containers, mass planting, groundcovers, and specimen plant. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in partial shade for best colouring, but it will tolerate full sun, and will grow on a variety of well-drained soils with a wide pH range. |
| Shape |
| Upright forming clumps arising from rhizomes. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Scale, flax lily rust, powdery mildew, leaf spot. |
| Leaf Description |
| Evergreen, strap-shaped, 30 - 60 cm long by 2 - 3 cm wide, finely serrate margin, and variegated in colour with irregular dark green and yellow striping. They grow in a fan-like spray that arches and arises from rhizomes. |
| Flower Description |
| The blue flowers with violet sepals are 1 - 2 cm in diameter, perfect. It blooms from spring to summer. |
| Fruit Description |
| Blue, 1 - 2 cm long, oblong berries containing black seeds. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
| Propagation |
| By division of clumps. |
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