Dianella congesta, Blue Flax Lily

Dianella congesta, Blue Flax Lily

Dianella congesta seed

Dianella congesta habit

Dianella congesta
“Blue Flax Lily”

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TUFTED LILY TO 50CM TALLPerennial tufted or broad mat-forming lily with drooping leaves to 50cm tall, dark blue/purple flowers most of the year & bright purple/blue. Ideal rockery, cottage garden or seaside plant. Attracts butterflies.

Suitability
Category	Lily
Family	Phormiaceae
Aspect	Full Sun
Soil	Sandy
Habitat	Wallum
Features
Bird Attracting, Butterfly Plants, Frog Plants, Narrow Area & Fence Plantings, Rockery Plants, Seaside Plantings
Localities
Beaudesert Shire, Ipswich area, Sunshine Coast district, Upper Brisbane Valley - Dry Sclerophyll Forest, Upper Brisbane Valley - Water courses
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)