Large-flowered flax: growing conditions
Linen (Linum) - a nice herbaceous plant 35-60 cm tall with slender thin but strong stems and small flowers of light blue, white or pink-red color. Under natural conditions, flax grows in the mountainous regions of China, India, and the Mediterranean. It is widely cultivated in the temperate zone of North Africa, North America, as well as Europe and Asia.
In decorative floriculture, the most popular was large-flowered red flax (Linum grandiflorum) - a spectacular bushy annual with a height of 45-50 cm, a width of 15-20 cm. A plant with narrow light green leaves and rather large (up to 3.5 cm) saucer-like five-petalled red flowers. Flowers do not live long. In the morning they bloom, and in the evening their satin petals fall. They are replaced by many new buds, and lush flowering continues until the month of October.
Large-flowered flax fits perfectly into the Moorish lawn, perfectly harmonizes with many drought-tolerant and sun-loving crops, such as cornflowers. He is good in mixed mixborders, and village front gardens, and in modern garden compositions, and in bouquets. For this, the flower in the phase of the buds is pulled out of the ground along with the root. The root is trimmed, and the plant is placed in a vase. This bouquet retains its freshness for 3-5 days.
Decorative linen is beautiful and unpretentious. Not picky about the composition of the soil. It can fully grow on any garden soil, but only without obvious stagnation of moisture. The soil before planting is well dug, spreading on the square. 3-4 kg of well rotted compost and a tablespoon of potassium sulfate, superphosphate, as well as excellent fertilizer for flowering Agricola. After that, the soil is well leveled with a rake, watered abundantly and proceed to sowing.
The soil in the garden where flax is planted must be in a constant state of moisture. So that the plants do not decay in different directions, they are planted in a dense bunch. Flax can be planted among white daisies, it will turn out a very useful and elegant combination. For long and abundant flowering, regular watering, timely weeding and loosening is necessary.
Flax is propagated by large-flowered red seeds, which in the middle of spring are sown immediately in the ground at the planned place. For earlier flowering, seeds can be sown before winter.