But they also look great with ornamental grasses, New Zealand flax and daylilies in the same tones.
Spiky bronze New Zealand flax grows in the background.
Plants are Mediterranean, in keeping with the architecture of the house: lavenders, New Zealand flax, ornamental grasses.
As a native Californian, she was particularly drawn to plants that define Southern California gardening, such as agaves, bush anemones, cycads, and New Zealand flax.
They are made of New Zealand flax, phormium tenax, from the fibres extracted from the leaves.