100 BLUE FLAX (Prairie Flax / Lewis Blue Flax) Linum Perenne Lewisii Flower Seeds

100 BLUE FLAX (Prairie Flax / Lewis Blue Flax) Linum Perenne Lewisii Flower Seeds. NAME: Blue Flax OTHER COMMON NAMES: Prairie Flax / Lewis Blue Flax SCIENTIFIC NAME: Linum Perenne Lewisii Linaceae COLOR: Blue PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24" PLANT SPACING: 12 - 15" BLOOM TIME: May - Sept HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 9 (& reseeds itself easily) LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry QUANTITY: 100 Seeds OTHER: Blue Flax is often just grown for its beauty, but also has several other important uses. It is commonly used to prevent erosion, for forage crops for livestock, linseed oil, & textiles (fabric). It has a long blooming period of 6 weeks and attracts bees, birds, & butterflies