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Linum flavum 'Compactum'

 

Linum flavum 'Compactum' in rock garden©

Linum flavum 'Compactum' in our rock garden

 

Linum flavum 'Compactum' flowers close-up©

Linum flavum 'Compactum' flowers close-up

Linum flavum 'Compactum' - Golden Flax©

Linum flavum 'Compactum' fall foliage

 

 

Golden Flax


A handsome upright, woody perennial 6” x 6” with lance-shaped, dark green leaves and bright yellow flowers in summer. Grow in full sun in light, sharply-drained soil with low to moderate water.   Protect from excessive winter wet, although ours have survived our winters fine in our raised scree bed.  Grow in rock garden, scree bed, alpine house, trough.  Zones 5-7.  The species is native to steppes of C. and S. Europe.  Linaceae

 



 

Linum suffruticosum ssp salsoloides 'Nanum'

 

Linum suffruticosum ssp salsoloides 'Nanum'©

Linum suffruticosum ssp salsoloides 'Nanum' in one of our scree beds

 

 

 

Flax


A sweet little plant that reminds me of some of the arenarias.  It forms a low mat of narrow grasslike leaves and short stems with large white flowers in spring.  4" x 4" Grow in full sun in light, sharply-drained soil with low to moderate water.   Hardy to -10 degrees. F  Europe.  Linaceae

 

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