Organic GOLDEN FLAX 500 Seeds
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Yellow Flax / Linseed / Common Flax
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Linum Flavum
COLOR: Yellow
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Mid Summer
HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 7
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 6 - 9"
LIGHT : Sun
WATER : Average
Not only are these plants grown by many just for their beauty as ornamentals, they are also uséd to make fiber for cloth, produce an edible vegetable oil (flaxseed oil, aka linseed oil), as a nutritional supplement, in cattle feed, and the manufacture of many goods such as wood finishing products. Flax is high in omega 3 fatty acids, is uséd as a source of dietary fiber, and can help lower cholesterol. Flax seed sprouts are edible and have a slightly spicy flavor.