Blue Flax

Dame's Rocket

About Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket

Blue Flax

Dame's Rocket

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

Biennial

1.2 Type

Perennial

Herbs

1.3 Origin

Europe, Asia

Southern Europe, Western Europe, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Winged flax, Bristle flax, Fairy flax

Summer lilac, Winter gilliflower

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cultivated Beds

meadows, Open areas, Roadsides, Woodlands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-84-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

9-7

9 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

21,22

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

45.72 cm60.00 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

45.72 cm60.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Blue, Sky Blue

White, Pink, Lavender

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Tan

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Blue Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Blue Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Blue Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Narrow

Ovate

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Summer, Summer

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Requires watering in the growing season

Average Water Needs, Water when top layer of soil becomes dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Midseason Pruning, Prune in fall, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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5.4 Showy Foliage

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5.5 Showy Bark

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5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

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5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Bees, Butterflies, Flies

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Insects

5.12 Allergy

Cyanide poisoning

Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Good for skin

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antirheumatic, Carminative, Emollient, Ophthalmic, Poultice, Stomachic

Nutrients

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Seeds

Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Cosmetics, Fibre, For making oil, Used in paper industry

Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower

Cutflower, Mixed Border, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

LINUM perenne

HESPERIS matronalis

7.2 Common Name

Perennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax

Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket

7.2.1 In Hindi

Blue Flax Plant

डेम के रॉकेट

7.2.2 In German

Blaue Flachspflanze

Rockets Freifrau

7.2.3 In French

Bleu lin Plante

Rocket Dame

7.2.4 In Spanish

Planta de lino azul

Rocket Dame

7.2.5 In Greek

Μπλε Λίνο Φυτών

Rocket Dame του

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Planta do linho azul

Rocket de Dame

7.2.7 In Polish

Niebieski roślin lnu

Rocket Dame

7.2.8 In Latin

Blue linum Planta

Hesperis Rocket

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Linales

Brassicales

8.5 Family

Linaceae

Brassicaceae

8.6 Genus

Linum

Hesperis

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

Hylocereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

NANA

1 27800

Properties of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket

Wondering what are the properties of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket? We provide you with everything About Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket. Blue Flax doesn't have thorns and Dame's Rocket doesn't have thorns. Also Blue Flax does not have fragrant flowers. Blue Flax has allergic reactions like Cyanide poisoning and Dame's Rocket has allergic reactions like Cyanide poisoning. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket

Season and care of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket is important to know. While considering everything about Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket Care, growing season is an essential factor. Blue Flax season is Summer and Dame's Rocket season is Summer. The type of soil for Blue Flax is Loam, Sand and for Dame's Rocket is Clay, Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Blue Flax is Neutral, Alkaline and for Dame's Rocket is Neutral, Alkaline.

Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket Physical Information

Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket physical information is very important for comparison. Blue Flax height is 45.72 cm and width 45.72 cm whereas Dame's Rocket height is 60.00 cm and width 60.00 cm. The color specification of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket are as follows:

Blue Flax flower color: Blue and Sky Blue
Blue Flax leaf color: Green and Blue Green
Dame's Rocket flower color: White, Pink and Lavender
Dame's Rocket leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket

Care of Blue Flax and Dame's Rocket include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Blue Flax pruning is done Midseason Pruning, Prune in fall, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Dame's Rocket pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Blue Flax needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Dame's Rocket needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.