A couple weeks back I found myself out in
Cornelius, Oregon; "
Oregon's Family Town." I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I drove past a street sign that said "Flax Plant Rd", so I turned back to see if that's really what it said (it was) and if there were any fields where one could hope to see flax being grown.
Sadly there were not. But there was Flax Plant Business Park.
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Not even New Zealand flax, aka Phormium?
ReplyDeleteHa! I have to admit I was hoping to see at least one phormium, that would have made this little photo series so much better! But sadly, no.
DeleteThis is perplexing. I couldn't find information online, except a headline that caught my eye: "Flax returns to the Willamette Valley in fertile land that once grew grass seed". Maybe there is a connection... I wonder about the history of that name.
ReplyDeleteI did a little research too, hoping to find historical photos of flax growing near the road, but all I found was that same article.
DeleteHaha - I love it! That's when you know you're in agro-country. Wonder if they were referring to Phormium or the blue-flowering Flax grown for our linens...?
ReplyDeleteI assumed it was the blue-flowered flax, thinking there was a historical bent to the signage. But I could be wrong.
DeleteWas there a North Flax Plant Road too?
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good question, but one I cannot answer.
DeleteI'm wondering if there was a processing plant for flax there at one time (the word meaning factory as opposed to a botanical)? Is there a historical society in that town? It might have the answer.
ReplyDeleteYes I wondered about that use of the word plant as well, and it could very well be.
DeleteHa! Love that you turned around to check out the unknown street for a plant.
ReplyDeleteYou'd do the same, am I right?
DeleteYou betcha!
DeleteFlax Plant Business park looks like it's seen better days !
ReplyDeleteYes indeed.
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