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.