Linum Blue Dress - Flax seeds
Linum Blue Dress - Flax seeds
Linum Blue Dress - Flax seeds
Linum grandiflorum Blue Dress
Red Flax, Scarlet Flax
But only grows in my second garden in the Loire region where it becomes a perennial.
Veronique M., 19/11/2018
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Description
Linum grandiflorum 'Blue Dress' is a delightful, well-branched selection of Large-flowered Flax with delicate light blue flowers that blooms generously for several weeks between late spring and summer. It is an annual plant with a countryside appearance and character that easily self-seeds in the garden. Its flower-filled foliage dances in the wind, providing a beautiful backdrop for peonies or roses. It can be sown directly in well-drained, rich, and light soil.
Linum grandiflorum is a hardy annual plant from the linaceae family, native to North Africa. This plant has retained its tolerance of the summer heat and drought that characterizes the Mediterranean climate. Its life cycle allows it to germinate, grow, flower, and seed before the arrival of high temperatures in southern regions. In our more humid climates, it blooms tirelessly throughout the summer. The 'Blue Dress' variety was selected for the beautiful blue colour of its flowers. It forms a small upright clump with branching stems from the base, quickly reaching 45-50 cm (18-20in) high and 20-25 cm (8-10in) wide. Its small, thin, and lanceolate green leaves, have silver highlights. The flat and round cup-shaped flowers measure 3 to 4 cm (1 to 2in) in diameter, with sky-blue, satin-like petals and a small yellow heart. Each flower lasts only one day, but they renew themselves from early summer to autumn in moist soil. This plant readily self-seeds in light soils.
The Large-flowered Flax 'Blue Dress' is a sun-loving plant that adapts to many climates. It can be directly sown in the ground in sunny flower beds or rockeries to create rustic scenes or natural areas with Damask Love-in-a-Mist, Ammi visnaga, or Californian poppies, among perennials or small bushes. Its blue flowers are charming next to the red, pink, or white spikes of Centranthus ruber. This annual plant also complements the swaying foliage of grasses such as Pennisetum, Stipa, or Muhlenbergia capillaris. It can be placed in borders, flower pots, or even meadows. Its lightness enhances the opulent flowers of peonies and roses, in the garden and in a vase.
Flowering
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Botanical data
Linum
grandiflorum
Blue Dress
Linaceae
Red Flax, Scarlet Flax
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Linum grandiflorum Blue Dress likes full sun. It is better to sow directly in the open ground. Sow in spring, or from late summer until the beginning of autumn. The seedlings are quite hardy and will withstand winter. Dig and work the soil well then sow the seeds at a depth of 3 mm (0in), in furrows spaced 30 cm (12in) apart. For the plants to flower in winter and early spring, sow in late summer or early autumn and grow on in pots in a cold greenhouse or conservatory. Water sparingly until the weather warms up. Thin out the seedlings by keeping one plant every 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6in).
Annual flax with large flowers are robust and resistant plants, which prefer light, well-drained, even rocky soils, and a very sunny location.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.