Re: blue-eyed grass and borers

At 10:13 PM 6/18/2004, you wrote:
>         Sisyrinchiums native to  the United States are herbaceous perennials
>and do not produce a rhizome. An iris borer would starve feeding on any
>of these. The only sisyrinchium with a sizable rhizome is S. striatum
>from South America and hardy only to USDA zone 7.
>
>         The common blue eyed grass in my locale is S. campestre. It is 
> never a
>weed here, although it does seed around the garden. It is also known as
>the Prairie Blue Eyed Grass and occurs throughout the central third of
>the USA and into Canada and Mexico. A variant pops up in the state of
>Kansas called Sisyrinchium capestre kansanun. It has lovely white
>flowers and I wish it were more aggressive as I must divide it and care
>for it in order for it to thrive in my garden. Included is a photo
>taken in May of this year. In my zone 5 garden it reaches about 10
>inches.

WOW!!!  That's gorgeous!  I hope my seeds grow and provide me nice clumps 
like that....

I can't believe all these messages about blue-eyed grass, just from my 
comment the other day!

Fun stuff.  :-)

Dennis in Cincinnati



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