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Linum arboreum
Tree flax (Linum arboreum) is an evergreen subshrub from the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Türkiye, grown for its bright yellow flowers. It needs full sun and very good drainage, and does best in a mild climate.
Linum arboreum, called tree flax, evergreen flax and shrubby flax, is a species of Linum native to Greece, including Crete and the Aegean Islands, and Turkey. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linum arboreum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
