Blue Flax
Common name | Blue Flax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latin name |
Linum lewisii
Type
| Perennial
| Height
| 12-18"
| Spread
| 18-24"
| Light & Water
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Zone
| 2
| Bloom months
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Bloom colours
| Blue
| Foliage colours
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Features
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Notes
| Short lived but self seeds abundantly. Remove old woody plants. Cut back to ~3 inches when it stops blooming in ~ July. Should re-grow and bloom again at end of summer. Good in grassy meadow. Waves in the wind. Linum perenne is a very similar non-native variety. Excellent heat resistance, Fine Foliage |