Once the blue flowers of the flax crop carpeted the countryside of Scotland. Now the flowers are blooming once again in a celebration of the linen industry that supported thousands of livelihoods for ...
PASCO, Wash. — The waves of flowers in Kevin Heinen’s Appar blue flax field today are not the same that were there yesterday. They won’t be the same tomorrow, either. “It’s what we call an ...
The Shoshone called Lewis' blue flax Poohi natesua. This remarkable plant has sky blue flowers that nod above the grass throughout June and July. Poohi natesua, meaning eye medicine, was important to ...