This is a marvelous collection of Natural Fabric Plant Images! Included are several beautiful Botanical Illustrations of Cotton, Hemp and Flax Plants.

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum L., which is a delicate and graceful annual that stands about 3 feet high and produces attractive blue flowers. Its La…

I had to ask my friend Don what crop this is, since he grew up on the prairie. He replied, "The flax seeds are inside the golden balls. Really nice crop to grow as early in the year it is all blue flowers, then turns golden when it's mature."

Flax for linen

Once you know how to grow New Zealand flax, you may be rewarded with 6- to 10-foot wide plants with an amazing potential height of 20 feet in perfect conditions. This article will help get you started. Click here to learn more.

More from that lovely field of Linseed from yesterday afternoon in Wiltshire.

New Zealand flax illustration from Les liliacées (1805) by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840). Original from New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. | free image by rawpixel.com

My flax is blooming! Can’t wait to experiment. My cotton is sprouting! The white and tan anyway, the green is not doing so well. I’ve been told that our area is not hot enough for cotto…