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Western Blue Flax in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Linum lewisii

 

Western Blue Flax

Linum lewisii (Linum perenne var. lewisii) (Lewis flax, blue flax or prairie flax) is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River (USDA Plant Profile: Linum lewisii). It grows on ridges and dry slopes, from sea level in the north up to 11,000 ft (3,400 m) in the Sierra Nevada. It is a slender herbaceous plant growing to 80 cm tall, with spirally arranged narrow lanceolate leaves 1–2 cm long. The flowers are pale blue or lavender to white, often veined in darker blue, with five petals.

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plant Features
  • Western Blue Flax likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Western Blue Flax likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Western Blue Flax is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Western Blue Flax likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Western Blue Flax

Latin name

Linum lewisii

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Linaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Western Blue Flax likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Western Blue Flax is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Western Blue Flax likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Western Blue Flax likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Western Blue Flax is 0.60meters x 0.30meters 0.60 M 0.30 M

Linum lewisii

Linum lewisii (Linum perenne var. lewisii) (Lewis flax, blue flax or prairie flax) is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River (USDA Plant Profile: Linum lewisii). It grows on ridges and dry slopes, from sea level in the north up to 11,000 ft (3,400 m) in the Sierra Nevada. It is a slender herbaceous plant growing to 80 cm tall, with spirally arranged narrow lanceolate leaves 1–2 cm long. The flowers are pale blue or lavender to white, often veined in darker blue, with five petals.


Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant out container grown plants into a sunny but well draining area.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed directly into flowering site.

 

Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Late Summer

Lots of open blue small flowers for up to 12 weeks although the flowers last for only 1 day there are many more to follow.

 
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