Sisyrinchium 'California Skies'
Garden Plant Information

Sisyrinchium 'California Skies'

 

Name

Sisyrinchium 'California Skies' (also called California blue-eyed grass)

Genus  

Sisyrinchium

Species

 

Cultivar/variety

 

'California Skies'

General description

Low growing, hardy, herbaceous perennial grown for the many blue flowers it produces from spring to autumn. Good for the front of mixed borders, alpine gardens and containers.

Season of interest

Blue flowers from spring to autumn.

Key horticultural features

  1. Habit - fairly lax, grass-like foliage. H: up to 12cm. S: 15cm

  2. Stem - flower stems are slender and lily-like.

  3. Leaves - grass-like, mid-green.

  4. Flowers - up to 2cm across, six petals in sky blue with up to six darker blue lines. Petals are dark blue at the base and the flower has a yellow throat.

 

Cultural details

Aspect

Sun to partial shade.

Soil

Any well-drained soil of average fertility.

Hardiness

Frost hardy.

Maintenance

Little needed. Self seeds so unwanted seedlings need to be removed.

Propagation

Either allow to self seed or divide plants when they are dormant, from late autumn to early spring.