Brown-eyed Grass 'Quaint and Queer'

I love this little plant! A landscape architect put about 10 of them in my garden, along with other California natives, but after 3 years...Read More of drought and one winter of rain, I only have 2 plants left. The other natives are still doing fine, so I guess it is as delicate as it looks. I hope I can find more--I haven't seen them in any of my local nurseries.

I grew this little grass for a long time and I always thought it would be a perfect ground cover in a pot to show off another another mo...Read Morere substantial plant. While the other Sisyrinchiums really show themselves off in a border, this one sort of disappears.

i planted this little guy in a border last summer, and he seeded our pea gravel path (i thought it was grass coming through). he appears ...Read Moreto be fairly hardy in the east bay hills of san francisco. the blooms are delicate and very pretty. i tried the plant in both moderate shade and sun, and sun seems to be the preference.