Sisyrinchium 'Lucerne'
$19.95 / 1G
Blue-Eyed Grass ·
Description
Blue-Eyed Grass 'Lucerne' is a herbaceous perennial suited to full sun to part sun and average conditions. It offers violet purple color in summer.
Benefits
Adds movement, texture, and late-season structure without a fussy flower display. Supports a more active, living garden with flowers that pollinators can use. Offers native-plant character in a garden-friendly selected form. A better candidate for landscapes with deer pressure than more browse-prone plants.
Features
Ornamental grass; violet purple flowers; matures about 1 - 3 ft tall; regional native lineage
Usage/Use
Mixed border, pollinator garden, cottage garden, mass planting
| Sisyrinchium 'Lucerne' | |
| Blue-Eyed Grass | |
| 'Lucerne | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part sun with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average moisture; Well-drained average garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Garden origin / cultivated selection | |
| Navitar | |
| Yes | |
| Deer | |
| Low | |
| Yes |
| 4 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 4–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 1 - 3 ft | |
| 1 - 3 ft | |
| Medium | |
| 1 - 3 ft |
| Yes | |
| None | |
| Violet | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Prairie Meadows | |
| Native Garden | |
| Ornamental Grass | |
| Mass Planting | |
| Clump Forming | |
| Average | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Low | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |