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Blue Flax
Pretty little sky-blue flowers 1/2" to 1" across bloom on light and graceful arching branches. Although blue flax will stand up well to heat, it prefers cool coastal summers, and it will bloom longer in cool coastal climates. For best effect, blue flax needs to be sown in mass, and is perfect for wildflower meadows and naturalized areas. If sown early enough, it will bloom the first year. Plant in spring, late summer, or late fall.
Blue Flax’s soft-to-deep blue flowers open early in the morning and close with mid-day rays of the sun. If there is no sun, the flowers stay open until late in the day and then sprinkle the ground with blue petals. Weeks later dozens of buff colored round seed capsules follow. Found in all but south-central North Dakota, this variety of blue flax ranges from James Bay to Alaska and south to Mexico and California.
Unlike the annual common flax grown for oil and fiber, blue flax is a perennial with a long taproot. Plants stand up to three feet tall; up to a dozen stems may grow from a single root. Dozens of bright blue flowers about an inch long occur in drooping branches at the tip of each stem. Leaves are narrow and very numerous. 7:02 AM - 7/6/2007 - post comment
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