Nemophila Species, Largeflower Baby Blue Eyes

We live just north of Corpus Christi near Portland, TX and have these all along our country lanes, blooming profusely! Appeared February...Read More 25th in clusters of color.

Early spring I found a few year old wildflower seed mix in my garage. I gave it a shot and threw them into a flowerpot. The Baby Blue Eye...Read More is one of the flowers that actally grew. Very beautiful flowers and it grows in a very shady spot.

Baby Blue Eyes, Large Flowered Baby Blue Eyes is native to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas native. It blooms from March or April through Ma...Read Morey (if we don't have hot, hot May). It is found natively in moist sandy or sometimes clay soils of plains, woodlands, partially shaded thicket edges, meadows, river bottoms, prairies and coastal brushlands. It can form large colonies with enough moisture. The alternate, stalked leaves are bluish-green and can vary in shape. They are lobed or divided into segments as well as sometimes irregularly toothed. The stems and leaves have fine hairs. The blue to blue-violet blooms are about 1 inch wide (may be up to 1.25 inches) and have a white center. They may appear solitarily from the leaf axils or in clusters at the tip of stems. As soon as the weather starts heating up, they disappear. The blooms are lovely, especially in early morning and in late afternoon sunlight or when backlit. Here's one plant that does well in partial or light shade.