Flax have been domesticated just once from the wild species "Linum bienne", called pale flax. Several other species in the genus "Linum" are similar in appearance to "L. usitatissimum", cultivated flax, including some that have similar blue flowers, and others with white, yellow, or red flowers. Some of these are perennial plants, unlike "L. usitatissimum", which is an annual plant. Cultivated flax plants grow to tall, with slender stems. The leaves are glaucous green, slender lanceolate, 20–40 mm long, and 3 mm broad. The flowers are pure pale blue, 15–25 mm in diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a round,
Flowers Are Red an introduction to the song during live performances, with the comma after "drummer" being pronounced as a word because of the educational theme. Flowers Are Red "Flowers Are Red" is a song written and sung by Harry Chapin, and recorded for his 1978 album "Living Room Suite". It was released a single, and became a top 20 Irish hit. The song is featured in episode 1, season 4 of Jerry Seinfeld's web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." While driving down the Long Island Expressway (the highway on which Chapin died), guest Sarah Jessica Parker relates that she and her