Monday, July 6, 2009

Blue Eyed Grass

One of our favourite wild summer plants is blue eyes grass. It is not a true grass but a member of the iris family. Last summer Mark planted some in a pot, and overwintered them in the garden. They are blooming now!! Such gorgeous little flowers.
blue eyed grass, on our back step

blue eyed grass, sisyrinchium

2 comments:

Bette said...

the little flowers are exquisite! this is the first time i've heard of blue eyed grass - will need to look for it now. thanks for sharing the pics, five.

the rikrak studio said...

gorgeous, pegg!