How to Grow Perennial Blue Flax (Linum Perenna)

Series Summary

Landscaping the front or back yard doesn't have to be a professional job. Home gardens provide a tranquil area for reflection and relaxation. Tending and enjoying a garden can lower blood pressure, ease anxiety and provide diversion in which to ponder various thoughts that have been lingering in the subconscious. Even with limited yard space, planting a small corner garden is a simple task that can be completed in just an afternoon. In this free video series on gardening, a sustainable gardener offers tips for growing a flower garden. Learn to grow different kinds of flowers, such as the perennial blue flax, the primrose and spider flowers. Find out how to grow a garden and how to identify different flowers, with this gardening information.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen and in this segment we're going to learn all about, "How to grow perennial Blue Flax or Linum". It's a beautiful plant from Europe. Blue Flax or Linum Perenna grows in all parts of Europe. So it's pretty hardy and it can go down to, "let me see", it can survive in zones four to nine. So it can handle quite cold temperatures and it's a really easy perennial to grow. It's vigorous but short-live perennial and it has lots of sky blue dark flowers that are about one inch across. They bloom early to late summer. So perennial Blue Flax is really easy to grow from seed. You just start the seeds in the spring, wait till the last chance of frost and it'll come up and bloom all summertime and nearly fall. And then they'll drop their seeds and they'll just come back the next year; so they self-seed themselves. You can also start them in the spring and purchase seeds anytime of the year and they'll bloom really well for your. And because they're perennial, they'll come back from year to year and they're hardy down the zone four which mean they can handle even minus ten degrees. So they're really great addition to your garden."