Red Flax has very beautiful, striking and unusual dark red flowers with a contrasting dark heart on greyish green, fragile stems surrounded by greyish green leaves. This very attractive flowers is beautiful in every garden, border, wild garden in pots and containers. Very well suited as cutflower and cudweed. This flower is very attractive to butterflies and bees. Annual. Height: 40 cm.
Outdoor sowing: end of march - june
Germination: 14 - 20 days
Germination temp. : 18 - 20°C
Sowing depth: ½ cm
Plant distance: 20 cm
Plant position: sunny
Days till flowering: 70
Sow from the end of march outdoors in rows of broadcast the seeds. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil or rake the seeds in gently. Keep moist and weedfree.
Thin the seedlings, when they're large enough to handle, to about 20 cm apart. These easy to grow and maintain flowers are very attractive to bees and butterflies.
