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Flowering Flax in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Linum grandiflorum 'Bright Eyes'

 

Flowering Flax

A perennial which produce loads of open small white flowers with a red eye for up to 12 weeks, however, the flowers last for only 1 day. It is clump forming and self seeds easily, the leaves are small and fern like in appearance.

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plant Features
  • Flowering Flax likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Flowering Flax likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Flowering Flax is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Flowering Flax likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Flowering Flax

Latin name

Linum grandiflorum 'Bright Eyes'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Linaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Flowering Flax likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Flowering Flax is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Flowering Flax likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Flowering Flax likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Flowering Flax is 0.60meters x 0.30meters 0.60 M 0.30 M

Linum grandiflorum 'Bright Eyes'

A perennial which produce loads of open small white flowers with a red eye for up to 12 weeks, however, the flowers last for only 1 day. It is clump forming and self seeds easily, the leaves are small and fern like in appearance.


Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant out container grown plants into a sunny but well draining area.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed directly into flowering site, into well-draining soil, and in a sunny position..

 

Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Late Summer

Lots of open small flowers for up to 12 weeks although the flowers last for only 1 day there are many more to follow.

 
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