Flax

Flax brings delicate blue flowers, slender stems, edible seed, useful fiber, and airy movement to sunny gardens. Choose grain, fiber, or ornamental varieties according to whether your goal is food, craft, bouquets, pollinators, or simple beauty.

Direct sow in cool soil and keep the bed evenly moist through establishment. Harvest seed when capsules dry and rattle, or cut flowering stems earlier for arrangements.