OT-Plants: Blue Eyed Grass
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- Subject: OT-Plants: Blue Eyed Grass
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 18:27:09 -0700 (MST)
Today, I discovered that a patch of "turf" in the yard was not really
grass. Instead, the blooms reveal that it is Blue Eyed Grass
(Sisyrinchium) which is in the Iris family. This area is about 6 feet long
and 3 to 3.5 feet wide. I don't know if it came up wild or was
intentionally planted there.
Since it is in the "turf" area instead of being in a real plant bed, I
am wondering if I should attempt to move at least some of it into an area
in which it would not be mowed? It is very pretty and I don't wish to harm
these neat little plants. Also, I wonder what species of Sisyrinchium
would be growing here on the USDA Zone 8/9 border. (Sunset Zone 28/26
border.) It has blue-purple flowers and looks very much like the
Sisyrinchium angustifolium that was common in Kentucky.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, FL.
