Illustration of Sisyrinchium palmifolium by Francisco Manuel Blanco (1837). [Public Domain]
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Common Names: blue-eyed grass
Description coming soon.
Distribution: North, Central and South America
Our Selection
Sisyrinchium 'California Skies'
Description: perennial; thought to be a selection of S. bellum. Clumping growth with broad, grass-like foliage and sky blue flowers bloom on and off throughout the spring and summer.
Height: to 12 in. Spread: to 8 in.
Sisyrinchium 'Devon Skies'
Description: perennial; found as a chance seedling in the garden of Rita and Edmond Heaton, who curated the national collection of Sisyrinchium in the U. K. Clumping growth with broad, grass-like foliage and light blue flowers off and on from late spring into summer.
Height: to 6 in. Spread: to 10 in.
Sisyrinchium 'E.K. Balls'
Description: perennial; a sterile hybrid cultivar that originated in the U.K. Clumping growth with narrow, grass-like foliage and purple-blue flowers from late spring into the summer.
Height: to 6 in. Spread: to 10 in.
Sisyrinchium 'Quaint & Queer'
Description: perennial; clumping growth with broad, grass-like foliage and tan-purple flowers bloom on long stems held above the foliage from spring into summer.
Height: to 10 in. Spread: to 1 ft.
Sisyrinchium 'Rocky Point'
Description: perennial; a selection of S. bellum collected from Rocky Point near Carmel, California and introduced by Native Sons Nursery. Larger flowers and more vigorous than typical forms of S. bellum. Clumping growth with broad, grass-like foliage and purple-blue flowers from spring and into summer.
Height: to 6 in. Spread: to 8 in.
Sisyrinchium 'Stripey'
Description: perennial: thought to be a selection of S. bellum with variegated pale yellow leaf margins. Clumping growth with broad, grass-like foliage and sky blue flowers from late spring into summer.
Height: to 6 in. Spread: to 1 ft.