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Botanical name

Linum perenne

Plant Care

Size

Categories

Flowers

January February October November December This plant has branching clusters of light blue flowers in summer.

Common name(s)

Perennial blue flax

Origin

Uses

The flowers and the seeds are edible.
Medicinal – flax seed oil can be added to olive oil for a tasty salad dressing, which helps treat arthritis, bladder infections, coughs, and the build-up of fatty deposits in the body.

Interesting planting ideas

Grow flax in the vegetable garden to attract bees and butterflies, yield and pollination of vegetables will increased by its presence.
Plant near carrots and potatoes.

Interesting info

It selfsows easily, and lives for three to four years.
Flax ripens into round seedpods with linseed which is rich in vitamins A, B, D and E, minerals and amino acids.
It has been around for over 7 000 years, and in the Stone Age's it was used to produce food and cloth. Its stems were soaked, pounded with rocks, and the fibres were woven. In ancient Egypt it was grown to produce the linen cloth in which the mummies were wrapped.

January February October November December
This plant has branching clusters of light blue flowers in summer.

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