Tena koe/hello Jose I commend you for teaching others how to trim harakeke/flax bushes and also look after them. I both trim and harvest my own flax plants. I also weave the flax into hats, baskets, bangles and many other things. We New Zealand Maaori (indigenous people of New Zealand) have their traditions and customs relating to flax bushes/paa harakeke, when we trim or havest the flax we always leave the 3 middle leaves and we don't cut straight accross any of the leaves, we trim the leaves on a slant in a downwards motion so any rain will run straight off the leaf rathe than go into the leaf. once again, wht a great job you are doing in educating others about care and maintenance relating to flax bushes. Naku Noa Huhana

I’m a sucker for clearance plants to nurse them back. I found a yucca adam’s needle and I am finding KZfaq very helpful on how to take care of it. Thanks for doing this awesome video. I paid $10 for it and I’m so happy right now.

This guy is an awesome teacher. Thanks for the video

Hey bud, I'm here in New Zealand and I have lots of this in our garden and I hate it. But you have helped a lot as no one tells you how to maintain it. I will be doing what I learned from.you. thanks bud

Thank you so much for this. It's taken me months of trying to cut it back and doing it badly. This video was so helpful and informative about how to do it correctly.

Big props for the quality work! So many people want things done quick and fast but you can’t argue with doing things the right way, even if it takes longer. 👏 👍

Great video brother! Covered every question I had and didn't have a lot of waste time. Thanks a lot!

Dang you pulled out more dead stuff than what's left of the live part. Thanks for this video!

Thank you so much. I have this in my front yard but I had no idea how to trim it. I was doing it all wrong. Thank you for the tips.

Thank you! This was so very helpful to me. I've just moved into a new home which probably at one time was beautifully landscaped. I'm feeling so overwhelmed. I didn't even know what this plant was called. I found several videos that said what to do but yours was the only video that showed how to do it. I was just cutting the tips on the plants that were bended over but now I know how to do it properly. Thanks again! Subscribe and Liked!

Found this Vid After I Spent 4hrs on the 2 Out of 5 NZFlax Plants in my Front Yard. I’m happy I followed my insticts and basically did everything he did. Pls wear gloves and be very careful. Thank You for This Detailed Vid,

Very informative, thank you! You clearly showed how to give that flax a much needed haircut. I would have liked to see an after photo when you were completely done cleaning it up.

Excellent. This is exactly what I was hoping to find online. Now I know how to do, or have ours, done, properly. Thank you.

Thank you... this is one of the best informative videos I've found, you have given me lots of very useful tips... thank you sir.... I have one of these, (which happens to actually be 5 little ones) which I hope to separate and replant... thank you for you sharing

Good demonstration! Thank you very much.

Thank you so much for showing your skills. I need to trim ours and wasn't sure how to do it. We have a lot in our garden here in NZ where it's a native bush.

You really worked hard on that plant. Thank you fir showing how to get wat down to the bottom of the flax lily.

Very informative thank you

Spot on there! We have these all over place the in NZ. Very tough fibre

Thank you. This was very helpful.

Very informative and very well explained. Thank you!

I have a beautiful one of these, not sure the exact variety, it has pink in the leaves and is very large, tall with beautiful interesting flowers. I love how you had so much patience with this process. I had a gardener who I thought was very knowledgable who cut across the whole top of the plant down to trim it back. It looks like this is not the way. Anyway, really appreciate your help with this since now I'm going to do it myself. The plant is gorgeous but too big and getting into the driveway. I know they make beautiful baskets out of this. Maybe one day in my old age I will make baskets with the leaves. LOL.

you are the personification of patience

Great video Thank You!

Very informative! Thank you!

Thank you soo much.

1:40: serrated hand tool found more easily at a landscaping shop vs hardware store 2:50 onwards: how to remove dead growth at the base of the plant * don't cut at the tips, rather cut at the bottom near the base to thin * if they are loose enough, you can just pull the dead growth/leaves out vs cutting them at the base * wear gloves to protect your hands!

Hate picky ppl general a holes. U doing it for a video fuck that there is a time limit can't spend it like this imagine now all the neighbors want it the same. How you do it when there is a limit on on your time. Can't this is a guy with one house. Bless vato u doing u thing but it's different out there tu saves

bro !! aunty will whip u a new ars cuttin nz flax like that lol ,, say pray she goes easy on u ,, once u tidy this plant pleas dont hack at her again, we harvest this plant with love, ps shel need a bigger place,, blessings to u

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"And then again sometimes it's not.". (6:14) Oh, this gardener knows what you mean. Always a crapshoot - will THIS brownish one pull out? XD

Hello Jose.

What is the name of the hand tool that he is using? Can somebody help me please. I can't find one anywhere.

😢😱😢😱 nooooooo!!!! It goes ugly like that because of the hedge trimmer...not to mention, can do some damage to your trimmer. You're suppose to chop the bottom leaves away, about 4-6inch from the root and this stops the water logging. This video made me so sad knowing how precious and useful it is 🥺😭🥺😭

No gloves?

Dude, I was afraid you were going to cut down the entire plant.

Think he thought it was a pork chop...

Freaking horizon never has nothing in stock which they should but they don’t! Smh 🤦‍♂️

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