Blue flowering Flax has very striking, beautiful, very light blue flowers with a contrasting white hart on grey-green stems with grey-green foliage. This very beautiful flower is amazing in the annual border, the wild garden, in large pots and containers. Also very well suited as cut flower and cud weed. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Non hardy annual. Height: 70 cm.
Outdoor sowing: end of march - june
Sowing depth: ½ cm
Germination: 14 - 20 days
Germination temp. : 18 - 20°C
Plant distance: 20 cm
Plant position: sunny
Days till flowering: 70
Sow from end of march outdoors in rows or broadcast the seeds. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil or press the seeds in gently. Keep moist and weedfree. Thin the seedlings, when they're large enough to handle, to about 20 cm apart. This easy to grow and maintain flower is very attractive to bees and butterflies.
