This perennial plant has a tufted or mat habit with a creeping rhizome. It has dark green grass-like, flat lanced-shaped leaves and the pendent blue star-shaped flowers appear in a cluster above the foliage on a slender stem from spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Dianella caeruleais naturally found from New Guinea to Australia growing in Queensland and extending down the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range to Tasmania, appearing in coastal heath or forests.

It grows in well drained fertile moist sandy soil in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant.

The Flax Lily is grown for its clumping habit and delicate flowers. It is planted along low borders in small or native gardens or mass planted as a ground cover, under trees in parks and public places. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and establishes in 2 to 4 years. It is also grown in pots, planter boxes and on roof gardens or used in rockeries. ID 772

Dianella(dy-ah-NEL-la) caerulea(sy-RU-lee-a)

Xanthorrhoeaceae(zan-thor-RHO-AY-see-ee)