Blue-Eyed Ornamental Grass Seed

Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium Bellum

Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 6-8 inches
Soil Type: Well drained
Mature Spread: N/A
Flower Color: Purple
Mature Form: Grass-like foliage
Foliage Color: Green
Growth Rate: Moderate
Fall Color: Purple
Sun Exposure: Full sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist
Zones: 5 - 9

As you might expect from the common name, Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium Bellum) wild flower seed produces grass-like foliage with a purple flower. However, it is in the Iris family. Usually this six petaled flower will begin to flower in April and doesn't stop blooming until the end of July or August.

Blue-eyed grass is widely distributed in California on open, grassy slopes. It likes full to partial sun and garden water. It will become very drought tolerant (even as little as 8" of rain a year). You can plant this wild flower seed in sand to clay, coastal bluffs to interior grasslands. Cold tolerant to at least 0 as it will go winter dormant in bad years.

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Plant blue-eyed grass wildflower seed at 1/4 lb per 1,000 square feet.
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Plant blue-eyed grass in full sun in well-drained soil.
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Clear away any dead foliage in early spring from the previous year's growth using scissors or by-pass pruners.
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Apply a light application of low nitrogen organic fertilizer to the top of the soil in early spring.
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Mulch around but not on top of the plants with 3 inches of organic compost in early spring.
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Water well weekly until soil is completely moist in summers with no rainfall.
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Keep blue-eyed grass wildflowers spaced 4 to 6 inches apart. You may broadcast the wild flower seed, but then thin plants as need to recommended spacing.