Friday, May 19, 2006

Sisyrinchium 'California Skies'


This is an excellent hybrid of blue-eyed grass, an iris relative that goes underused in the garden. Mound of grass-like foliage are contrasted by bright blue to violet star-shaped flowers with a yellow eye in early summer. A great plant for relatively dry, sunny or partially shaded areas or a rock garden. Most hybrids and the species S. montanum are hardy to zone 2 or 3; S. idahoense is more tender.

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