Flowers – Scarlet Flax

5069 Linum grandiflorum rubrum

Annual. 55 days.
This beauty originally comes from northern Africa and southern Europe. It’s been introduced to North America in the mid-1800s.
Plants grow from 18 to 30″ in height. Glossy, 1″ deep scarlet flowers with blue-tipped anthers bloom prolifically from mid-summer through fall.
Attracts a wide variety of pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Easy to grow, thrives in poor soil and dry conditions, and is ideal for mass planting. It also readily reseeds itself for the following season.

~300 seeds/packet