Invite delightful charm and easy-care beauty into your garden with Sisyrinchium, commonly known as Blue-Eyed Grass (though it is actually in the Iris family!). These adaptable perennials offer a host of benefits for gardeners of all levels:
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By providing sunshine, good drainage, and adequate moisture during establishment, you can easily enjoy the delightful blooms and textural foliage of Sisyrinchium in your garden for years to come.
Sisyrinchium (siss-ihr-rink-ee-um), Blue Eyed Grass; Iridaceae Family. Sisyrinchium are low growing perennial native to America, with grass like leaves in strong clumps, and small but attractive, blue or yellow flowers. Wild flowers often found in wet meadows. Easily grown in ordinary garden soil, most species need steady moisture.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (an-gus-tif-foh-lee-um) is a hardy, dainty-looking native of the Atlantic states to Virginia and westward. Grows 4 to 12 inches high, with narrow leaves, 10 inches long, surmounted by small clusters of pretty, dark blue flowers, 1/2 inches across, blooming in June. Often used in the rock garden or the wild garden.