WTF or What The... Flax???

With California in a prolonged drought, most of us are looking for ways to cut down on our water usage.

This is usually a good thing, but some of our neighbors seem to be taking it to extremes.

Newly Planted New Zealand Flax

The next-door neighbors dug the grass out of their parking area recently.   That's all right with us, we did the same thing years ago because those areas are very difficult to water.

However, they decided to plant three New Zealand Flax plants in that area.  They look nice....for now.  The problem is that they will probably grow...and grow...and grow and eventually overwhelm the sidewalk.  The New Zealand Flax plants across the street are about six feet tall and correspondingly broad now, so unless these plants are a dwarf variety, they will probably eventually be the same.

Mature Flax Plant

That's the trouble with those cute little plants you buy a the nursery; they don't always stay that way.