Blue Flax

Yellow Loosestrife

About Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife

Blue Flax

Yellow Loosestrife

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

Perennial

1.2 Type

Perennial

1.3 Origin

Europe, Asia

Eastern Europe, Turkey

1.4 Types

Winged flax, Bristle flax, Fairy flax

creeping Jenny, L. ephemerum

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cultivated Beds

damp broad-leaved forests, damp meadows, ditches, roadside embankments, shores, stream banks

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-84-8

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

9-7

8-1

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

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Upright/Erect

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 cm120.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Blue, Sky Blue

Yellow

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

Long Linear

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Summer, Summer

Late Spring, Early Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

Divison, Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Requires watering in the growing season

Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Requires consistently moist soil

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

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

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

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, organic fertlizers, slow-release fertilizers

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Slugs, Snails

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

Coarse

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

Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

5.12 Allergy

Cyanide poisoning

Skin irritation

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

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

Not Available

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antirheumatic, Carminative, Emollient, Ophthalmic, Poultice, Stomachic

Astringent, Diarrhea, Dysentry, Gastrointestinal disorders

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Seeds

Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

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

Used for its medicinal properties

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

Groundcover, Mixed Border, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

LINUM perenne

LYSIMACHIA punctata

7.2 Common Name

Perennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax

Yellow Loosestrife, garden loosetrife, garden yellow loosetrife

7.2.1 In Hindi

Blue Flax Plant

Yellow Loosestrife

7.2.2 In German

Blaue Flachspflanze

Gilbweiderich

7.2.3 In French

Bleu lin Plante

salicaire Jaune

7.2.4 In Spanish

Planta de lino azul

Lisimaquia amarilla

7.2.5 In Greek

Μπλε Λίνο Φυτών

κίτρινο loosestrife

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Planta do linho azul

Loosestrife amarelo

7.2.7 In Polish

Niebieski roślin lnu

żółty toje

7.2.8 In Latin

Blue linum Planta

Yellow Loosestrife

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Anthophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Equisetopsida

8.4 Order

Linales

Primulales

8.5 Family

Linaceae

Primulaceae

8.6 Genus

Linum

Lysimachia

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

NANA

1 27800

Properties of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife

Wondering what are the properties of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife? We provide you with everything About Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife. Blue Flax doesn't have thorns and Yellow Loosestrife doesn't have thorns. Also Blue Flax does not have fragrant flowers. Blue Flax has allergic reactions like Cyanide poisoning and Yellow Loosestrife 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 Yellow Loosestrife and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife

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

Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife Physical Information

Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife physical information is very important for comparison. Blue Flax height is 45.72 cm and width 45.72 cm whereas Yellow Loosestrife height is 60.00 cm and width 120.00 cm. The color specification of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife are as follows:

Blue Flax flower color: Blue and Sky Blue
Blue Flax leaf color: Green and Blue Green
Yellow Loosestrife flower color: Yellow
Yellow Loosestrife leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife

Care of Blue Flax and Yellow Loosestrife 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 Yellow Loosestrife pruning is done Remove damaged leaves and Remove dead branches. In summer Blue Flax needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Yellow Loosestrife needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.