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Planting tip
Soak the rootball of your plant in a bucket of water to wet thoroughly prior to planting. For extra goodness, add a bit of liquid fertiliser.
Dianella nigra
Height: 0.5m;  Spread: 1m
Turutu (Lily & Iris-like)
Slender flax-like leaves. Beautiful blue-purple berries (summer-autumn). Hardy in dry semi-shade.
» Click here for our Dianella article published in The Fringe, March 2016 ...
» For a landscaping perspective on Dianella nigra see this article by O2 Landscapes...
Photo gallery:
Dianella Nigra (Lake Matheson, West Coast)
Dianella nigra berries on Oakley Creek, Auckland
The vivid berries of Dianella stood out well against the backdrop of Blechnum novae-zelandiae.