1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Perennial
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
1.3 Origin
Europe, Asia
Southern Africa, South Africa
1.4 Types
Winged flax, Bristle flax, Fairy flax
Cusick's camas, large camas
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.7 Habitat
Cultivated Beds
meadows, moist forests, Open Plains
1.8 USDA Hardiness Zone
2.2 AHS Heat Zone
2.3 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
2.4 Habit
Clump-Forming
Rosette/Stemless
3 Information
3.1 Plant Size
3.1.1 Minimum Height
45.72 cm10.20 cm
0.54
3900
4.1.2 Minimum Width
7.11 Plant Color
7.11.1 Flower Color
Blue, Sky Blue
White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Pink, Lavender, Violet
7.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
7.11.3 Fruit Color
7.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
7.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Blue Green
Light Green
7.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Blue Green
Several shades of Green
7.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
7.12 Shape
7.12.1 Leaf Shape
7.13 Thorns
8 Season
8.1 Plant Season
8.2 Growing Conditions
8.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
8.2.2 Growth Rate
8.2.3 Type of Soil
8.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
8.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
8.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer
Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter, Indeterminate
8.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
8.3 Tolerances
Drought
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
9 Care
9.1 Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
9.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
chipping, Offsets, scooping, Twin scaling, Vegetative
9.3 Plant Maintenance
9.4 Watering Plants
9.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Requires watering in the growing season
Medium
9.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
9.4.3 In Spring
9.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
9.5 Soil
9.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
9.5.2 Soil Type
9.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
9.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
9.7 Pruning
Midseason Pruning, Prune in fall, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
9.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, General garden fertilizer, Time release fertilizer
9.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Pests and diseases free
9.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
10 Facts
10.1 Flowers
10.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
Single, Double, Semi-Double
10.2 Fruits
10.2.1 Showy Fruit
10.2.2 Edible Fruit
10.3 Fragrance
10.3.1 Fragrant Flower
10.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
10.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
10.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
10.4 Showy Foliage
10.5 Showy Bark
10.6 Foliage Texture
10.7 Foliage Sheen
10.8 Evergreen
10.9 Invasive
10.10 Self-Sowing
10.11 Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, Flies
Insects
10.12 Allergy
11 Benefits
11.1 Uses
11.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Bouquets, Cottage Garden
11.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good for skin
For treating wrinkles, Remove blemishes, Skin Problems
11.1.3 Edible Uses
11.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Forms dense stands, Very little waste
11.2 Plant Benefits
11.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Antirheumatic, Carminative, Emollient, Ophthalmic, Poultice, Stomachic
Leucoderma, Urinary problems
11.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Seeds
Bulbs, Root
11.2.3 Other Uses
Cosmetics, Fibre, For making oil, Used in paper industry
Animal Feed, Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes
11.3 Used As Indoor Plant
11.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
11.5 Garden Design
Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
12 Scientific Name
12.1 Botanical Name
LINUM perenne
Hyacinthus orientalis
12.2 Common Name
Perennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax
Hyacinth, common hyacinth, garden hyacinth, dutch hyacinth
12.2.1 In Hindi
12.2.2 In German
Blaue Flachspflanze
Hyazinthe
12.2.3 In French
12.2.4 In Spanish
Planta de lino azul
jacinto
12.2.5 In Greek
12.2.6 In Portuguese
Planta do linho azul
jacinto
12.2.7 In Polish
Niebieski roślin lnu
hiacynt
12.2.8 In Latin
Blue linum Planta
et hyacinthinas,
13 Classification
13.1 Kingdom
13.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
13.3 Class
13.4 Order
13.5 Family
13.6 Genus
13.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Monocots
13.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
13.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Scilloideae
13.10 Number of Species