{"product_id":"lucerne-blue-eyed-grass-bare-root-plant","title":"Lucerne Blue-Eyed Grass - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucerne forms a tidy tuft of spiky, dark green, grass-like leaves topped with bright purplish-blue, star-shaped flowers, each with a small yellow eye. Though it looks like a grass, it is actually a member of the iris family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt blooms most heavily in late spring and early summer and often keeps sending up a few flowers through summer. At about 10 inches tall it makes a charming accent along walkways, in rock gardens and at the front of a border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall, flat, six-petaled star-shaped flowers about 3\/4 inch across in bright purplish blue, each petal ending in a tiny point, with a small golden yellow eye at the center. Flowers open at the tips of flattened, grass-like stems just above the foliage. Leaves are narrow, stiff, sword-like and dark green, 6 to 10 inches long, rising in a fan-shaped tuft. The plant forms a neat, grassy clump about 10 inches tall and 15 inches wide. At peak it looks like a dark green tuft sprinkled with blue stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue-eyed grass likes a bit more moisture than lavender, so give it a spot near a walkway, rock garden or border edge that gets regular water rather than planting it in the dry lavender bed itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun to part shade in average soil that drains well but does not dry out for long; it appreciates regular water in summer. Hardy in zones 5-8; trim the foliage back after the main bloom if it looks tired, and divide clumps in spring every few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sisyrinchium angustifolium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Purplish blue with a yellow eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright, grass-like clump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 in tall × 15 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun, part sun to part shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late-May\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Repeat Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susceptible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67776953483560,"sku":"GLLF-PER-181065DF-BR","price":12.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/lucerne-blue-eyed-grass.jpg?v=1790864942","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/lucerne-blue-eyed-grass-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}