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  • From: "bbmackey" <bbmackey@prodigy.net>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Need help with blue phlox - no botanical name given
  • Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:22:04 -0500

That would be spelled Phlox divaricata.
 
However, I agree with Andrew  -- the teacher probably said blue flax, not blue phlox.
 
Blue flax (Linum species) is used for linen, rope, and other useful items, and is a commercial crop.
 
With best wishes,
Betty
 
Betty Mackey, Publisher
B. B. Mackey Books
P. O. Box 475
Wayne, PA 19087
bbmackey@prodigy.net
www.mackeybooks.com



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