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Linaceae
Blue Flax
Linum perenne
Domestic virtue.
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Linum
- Native to
- Europe, Central Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy, lean
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 4-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Each delicate blue flower lasts only one day, but the plant produces new blooms continuously for weeks.
- Blue flax is closely related to the cultivated flax used for linen production for over 30,000 years.
- The wiry stems sway gracefully in the slightest breeze, creating a shimmering blue haze in mass plantings.
- Flax seeds from related species are a major health food, rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
- Blue flax self-seeds freely and can naturalize across meadows, creating a sea of blue each spring.
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