LINUM grandiflorum var. rubrum Scarlet Flax ____________________________________ Type: Biennial Height: 3-6' (1-2m) Flowering Time: Summer Flower Colour: Red ____________________________________ Botanical Classification: Class: Angiospermae (Angiosperms) Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons) Superorder: Rosidae (Rose Superorder) Order: Geraniales (Geranium Order) Family: Linaceae (Flax Family) Genus: Linum (Flax) Species: grandiflorum (large-flowered) Variety: rubrum (red) ____________________________________

Linum grandiflorum var 'Rubrum' is a hardy annual, and like many of these temporary garden decorations, provides a bright splash of colour in the summer months. It has tall, thin stems with narrow leaves, all in a glaucous greyish-green, with spectacular rounded flowers about an inch and a half across in bright crimson with a deeper centre leading to a solid black eye, with a matching deeper rim to each petal.

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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

	Seed Pod The seedpod is a round ball.
	Seed The seeds are flattish shiny brown ovals. There are many seeds in a pod.
	Seedling The seedling has large, rounded seedleaves. The first true leaves are long and thin.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 6 days.