Flax is grown mainly to make linen, but it also has a number of other uses. In the Netherlands, you have to look for a flax field, but in France and especially in Normandy, it is grown on a large scale. A flax plant grows several flowers but each flower only blooms for one day. In the morning the flowers open and 's afternoon the petals fall off. So if you want to see a beautiful blue flax field, don't come at the end of the afternoon.
Just as nice are the flax fields when the seed balls are on the plants. This photo was taken in Normandy and it has been converted to black and white.
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