Linum grandiflorum v rubrum

LINUM grandiflorum var. rubrum
Scarlet Flax

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Type:
Biennial

Height: 3-6' (1-2m)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Red

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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)
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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:

Germination:
Spring
Inside
(6 days)

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.

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				Germination: Spring Inside (6 days)
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.