Cultivation and planting methods of flax

Flavaceae, flax genus.

Annual herbs, 40-50 cm tall, branched from base, erect. The stem is smooth. Leaves alternate, strip to strip-lanceolate, tip-pointed, grayish green. Flowers solitary, 2.0cm to 4cm in diameter, rose-red, with 5 petals. Pedicels slender, forming sparse Cymes. The florescence is from June to June. Capsule globose, ca. 6-8 mm in diameter, apical 5-valved when mature. Seeds Obovate, flattened, grayish brown, weighing 4.2 grams.

[varieties, forms and varieties] fresh rose red (var.COCCI-neM), bright red (var).

[Origin and distribution] originated in northern Africa.

[habits] Sandy loam with good drainage and a small amount of humus can survive the winter in Shanghai area. It can also adapt to other soils, but the drainage must be smooth.

[reproduction] it was sown in the open field seedbed at the beginning of September.

[cultivation] after a single transplant, the seedlings were planted in the garden at the beginning of November, with a distance of 30 cm. Easy to manage.

[seed collection] the seeds are not easy to fall off and can be cut once and dried and threshed when most of the capsules are yellow ripe.

[use] the seed can extract oil. Because of the beautiful plant shape, many flowers and long flowering period, it is an excellent flower bed material, and it can also be used as cut flowers, as well as garden and gap greening.