Then, out of the blue, it blooms, and that 'not grass' takes you into the blue, a beautiful sea of tiny blue flowers, or, in my case, purple-blue flowers. Should it be called 'Not-Blue Eyed Not-Grass'?
| Blue-Eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium nashii |
It's not grass. It looks like grass. I mow some of mine with
my grass. You could step on it and think it was grass (ok, most of
you could.)
If you're into taxonomy, look up the genus Sisyrinchium. I believe that my Blue-Eyed Grass is Sisyrinchium nashii.
It only blooms for a little while, so snap your photos of it as soon as you see it. I've missed the opportunity to get more pictures several years in a row now because I was busy when it bloomed, and then it was too late, again. Perhaps next year? Around the time my Blue-Eyed Grass blooms, I also begin watching for my Pink Rain Lillies to bloom.
