Full Sun
Medium
Keep soil evenly moist and remove competing weeds. Grown as an annual, so little attention needed for your flowery display
So the seeds where they are to flower, thinly and only cover lightly. Space 30 cm apart. Water well. Alternatively, the seeds can also be sown in pots at kept at 15 to 20C. Do not exclude light
Ensure a distance of 11.7 inches (30.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.12 inches (0.3 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 15°C / 59°F to ensure good germination.When large enough to handle thin out th 30 cm.
Pot sown seedlings can be transplanted into 7cm pots and grown on. Plant out after all risk of frost
Can be used as a cut flower display, pick when the flowers are open.
Seeds have become popular as a bulk forming laxative to treat chronic constipation. But they are best bought rather than collected as some species of Linium also contain podophyllotoxins
These estimates for how long Linum grandiflorum var. rubrum takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 21 days | Min days | Max days (0)
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‘Flax’ for the fiber use of the plant stems
The stems have been used to produce flax for textiles but it has largely been replaced by cotton. The seeds make oil that is used in paints and varnish
Flax, Linseed
Linum grandiflorum Desf. var. rubrum hort.