Common Name | Blue-eyed grass |
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Family | Iridaceae |
Genus | Sisyrinchium |
species | -- |
Plant Type | Perennial |
US Patent # | -- |
EU Grant # | -- |
Bloom Time | June, July |
Flower Color | Blue |
Foliage Color | Green |
Dormancy | Winter |
Exposure | Full Sun |
Growth Habit | Clumping |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Hardiness Zone | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
How Different? | It has showy, large, sky blue flowers, a long bloom time, and it doesn't reseed. |
Landscape Value | Charming as an edging, in borders, in the rock garden, or in parking strips. |
Most Active Growing Season | Spring |
Persistence | Deciduous |
Size (HT/W/FL HT) | 4" / 10" / 6" |
Soil (Garden) | Poor to moderately fertile, well drained. |
Water (Garden) | Low to moderate needs in the garden. Requires good drainage. |
Special Uses | Deep South, Deer Resistant, Low Water Usage, Pollinator Attractor |
Comments | The plant is sterile so it does not seed around. Native. Deer resistant and attracts butterflies. |
Sisyrinchium ‘Devon Skies’
*** PLEASE NOTE ***
This plant is no longer for sale directly from TERRA NOVA® Nurseries. However, it may still be available through one of our Licensees or Retail Sources. |
This showy, grass-like clumper is covered with dozens of large, sky-blue flowers for weeks in early summer atop deer resistant foliage. It blooms all summer in the NE and South tolerating heat, humidity, poor soils, and drought as long it has good drainage. Super in the rock garden or front of the border. (It's sterile too!) 'Devon Skies' was found in Edmund and Rita Heaton's UK garden (the National Collection Holders for Sisyrinchium).
USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 7-10
Size (HT/W/FL HT): 4″ / 10″ / 6″
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Time(s): June, July
Water (Greenhouse) | Dry slightly between waterings. |
EC | — |
pH | 6.0 – 7.2 |
Fertility Needs | 75 – 100 ppm |
Notes | Shift to a 4″ before planting to larger sizes. |
Finish Time to 4″ | 10 – 12 weeks |
Finish Time to Gallon | — |
Day Length for Flowering | — |
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