A hard-to-find perennial native to our sunny South Salish prairies! This special native flower blooms May-July, providing nectar for butterflies and bees of all types. Add it to a sunny landscape to blend other early-blooming native prairie plants or mix it up in a multi-season planting with later-blooming waterwise specialties.
Sometimes called a “naked lily,” this perennial sends out a clump of cylindrical leaves emerge in autumn. In spring, the leaves go dormant and up come a goblet-shaped cluster of rich blue to pale purple flowers with distinct white petals on the interior. When open, each of 4 to 6 flowers are almost an inch wide. After it sets seed, it disappears entirely until next year’s leaves emerge in the fall.
At just 8-inches high, you’ll want to place it where it can show off and not be overtaken by bigger plants. That said, it will multiply to form local colonies as it matures.
Best in free-draining soils with no summer water once it’s established.
A hard-to-find perennial native to our sunny South Salish prairies! This special native flower blooms May-July, providing nectar for butterflies and bees of all types. Add it to a sunny landscape to blend other early-blooming native prairie plants or mix it up in a multi-season planting with later-blooming waterwise specialties.
Sometimes called a “naked lily,” this perennial sends out a clump of cylindrical leaves emerge in autumn. In spring, the leaves go dormant and up come a goblet-shaped cluster of rich blue to pale purple flowers with distinct white petals on the interior. When open, each of 4 to 6 flowers are almost an inch wide. After it sets seed, it disappears entirely until next year’s leaves emerge in the fall.
At just 8-inches high, you’ll want to place it where it can show off and not be overtaken by bigger plants. That said, it will multiply to form local colonies as it matures.
Best in free-draining soils with no summer water once it’s established.
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