Category: Iris

  • Blackberry Lily Revisited

    Blackberry Lily Revisited

    Wow! She’s about to go into second grade. But even as a toddler, she’s always wanted to help me scatter the Blackberry Lily (Iris domestica) seeds. Those seeds reveal why this plant has its name. But the name is a bit misleading since Blackberry Lily is not actually a lily at all but a species…

  • Common Blue-eyed Grass

    Common Blue-eyed Grass

    A clump of grass in early spring becomes green streaks, highlighted with six pointed dots of cheery blue. Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) is native to the eastern two thirds of the United States and Canada.  Though “grass” is in the common name, it is not a grass at all but is in the iris…