tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post223303071489550543..comments2024-03-28T03:06:56.796-07:00Comments on Prairiebreak: Yellow eyed wonder of the AndesPanayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-27367891818238082892010-07-07T17:10:20.963-07:002010-07-07T17:10:20.963-07:00We have grown Sisyrinchium striatum at Botanic Gar...We have grown Sisyrinchium striatum at Botanic Gardens, where it is hardy two winters out of three. Even the winters it comes through the foliage is blackened and pretty unsightly in the spring.<br /><br />Sisyrichium aff. arenarium from Beaver Creek Nursery (or is it Mt. Tahoma?) is another Andean sp. an a stunner with pale yellow starry flowers. It has produced a big clump over the last few years. I intend to divide it....soon...before I regret it!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-15202369344385532742010-07-07T13:52:01.659-07:002010-07-07T13:52:01.659-07:00Funny also that the whole genus is known as blue-e...Funny also that the whole genus is known as blue-eyed grass even though yellows, purples, whites and mauves can be found in the genus - not to mention that none are grasses. Would that it were possible to grow some of the other yellow blue-eyed grasses: S. striatum, S. brachypus, S. palmifolium, and S. convolutum. The yellow S. californicum is possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-24669245823165666632010-07-07T08:56:21.966-07:002010-07-07T08:56:21.966-07:00Funny - I just tore out several seedlings of this ...Funny - I just tore out several seedlings of this wondering if anyone would want them... It is a beauty. I think I originally got it from Paul's garden, too.<br />Thanks for posting!<br />PatPat Haywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375691594925465092noreply@blogger.com