flax

Oh, that is nice! Those bits of blurred red in the background really make the flowers stand out! Great job!

oh I love flax! I keep forgetting to plant some! I'll have to winter sow some this coming winter!

Oh this is really & truly lovely Dirt.

Dirt, what a beautiful banner and with @woofie.

Love the photo

IMHO this is one of the best banners......

What a great photo and banner!

with everyone

Everyone said it do eloquently and Definitely eye candy. Are you by chance a pprofessional photographer? If not, you certainly have an opportunity

Great banner!

woofie said:Oh, that is nice! Those bits of blurred red in the background really make the flowers stand out! Great job!

completely! This is gorgeous, Dirt!

All,
for the kind comments, thumbs, and acorns!

Flax is good stuff this is the picture it came from:

red blobs are tulips

Oh no, I am not a professional photographer I just like to play around; sometimes I get inspired and lucky.
I chopped the plant back about a month ago and threw the seeds in an area where I hope to see flax in the future...with all the bonus rain we've had lately it's starting a late season come back. This is it yesterday:

Flax is good stuff!

You have an artist's eye, dirt.

Lovely banner Dirt!

What are those pretty purple flowers in the second picture?

Think those are Verbena?

dirtdorphins,

What kind of camera do you have. I am shopping for a new camera and your pictures are wonderful.

I love flax! I had some at the base of my trellis, shading my clematis roots, for years. I never looked up whether it was annual or perennial, to see if it was the same plant, or reseeding itself. This year, it never appeared. I miss my lovely blue flax! Looks like I need to get some seed!

Yes--the purple flowered thing is Verbena--homestead purple, which does overwinter for me where the runners take root in the gravely soil, as long as the winter/spring is not too soggy.
The flax seems reliably perennial for me and also self sows like crazy, so it's hard to tell.
The camera is a Pentax K-x (I hate the limits of proprietary batteries).

Cheers!