Plant in full sun to light shade - may sun burn in full sun in Southern California. Can tolerate fairly dry conditions (coastal) but looks best with occasional to regular irrigation. Hardy to 15-20 F. Possibly root hardy below these temperatures but with severe foliage damage unless protected. The reddest of the Flax and fairly stable in that new foliage shoots did not revert much but a very slow grower with a tendency for the older foliage to lose the reddish colors.

Phormium 'Dazzler' was introduced by Mr. Ralph Jordon of Australasian Nurseries in Pakuranga, New Zealand. We first received plants of this cultivar from New Zealand Flax Hybridisers in 1983. It was slow to build stock on it and we first offered it for sale in 1993 and continued to grow and sell it until 2011. In the early 1990s an attempt was made to reproduce this plant through micro propagation techniques (tissue culture) by Monrovia Nursery and, although the resulting plants lacked the variegation that was the "dazzle" of this cultivar, the end product was a very nice all red dwarf plant that we called Phormium 'Monrovia Red'. 

The information displayed on this page about Phormium 'Dazzler' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.