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Bird's Eye is a California native annual flower that grows in grassy plains and slopes. At maturity, this plant reaches a height of 1-2' and features a hairy stem, feather-like leaves, and five-petaled flowers that are pale-purple on the edges, followed by white, then deep purple ring ending with a yellow center that is offset by five light blue stamens. This plant can be grown in containers, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, can be used as a cut flower, and self-sows!

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​Family: Polemoniaceae 

Genus: Gilia 

Species: tricolor

Variety: Bird's Eye

Native to: California

Introduced into: Czechoslovakia

Also known as: Bird's Eyes Gilia

Grown as: Annual

Maturity (Bloom): Spring

Crops: Spring, Summer

Growing Conditions: This plant adapts well to areas with rocky, clay, or sandy soil.

Min Outdoor Soil Temp: 70°F. 

​Start Indoors: Yes

Start Outdoors: Yes

Small Gardens?: Yes

Light: Half Sun/Half Shade


Water: Medium. Keep the soil moist as the seedlings develop.

Containers?: Yes. 

Attracts beneficial insects?: Yes. Extremely attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees.

Height: 12-24"

Spacing: 15-18"
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Sow Depth: Press into soil surface.

Produces: 
an elegant hairy stem, feather-like leaves, and beautiful tubular five petaled flowers that are pale purple on the edges, followed by a white then deep purple ring, ending in a yellow center that is offset by five light blue stamens. 

USDA Grow Zone: 3a-10b

Starting Bird's Eye seeds Indoors for Spring

To start Bird's Eye seeds indoors, mix the seed with moist sand and store it in the refrigerator for 30 days prior to sowing seeds in 2" Soil Blocks or individual peat pots 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Keep the soil lightly moist and at a temperature of 70 degrees F until germination, which usually occurs within two weeks.

Transplanting Bird's Eye Seedlings Outdoors for Spring

​When the weather has warmed and your Bird's Eye seedlings are well established, transplant them outdoors. Bird's Eye adapts well to areas with rocky, clay, or sandy soil.

Starting Your Bird's Eye Seeds Outdoors for Spring

For spring planting, mix the seed with moist sand and store it in the refrigerator for 30 days before direct sowing the seeds outdoors 15-18" apart.

​Starting Your Bird's Eye Seeds Outdoors for Fall

Direct sow your Bird's Eye seeds in late fall, pressing them into the surface of the soil 15-18" apart.
Keep the soil moist as the seedlings develop, which will happen rather slowly at first. Mature plants tolerate drought well, preferring hot and dry conditions; do not overwater, since this can cause disease. This plant will self-sow and is extremely attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees.
For fresh flowers, cut long stems of flowers that have just opened and place them in water immediately; strip the leaves that will fall below the water.
After blooming, the flowers will become dry capsules that open to reveal several brown seeds; cut the ripened heads or simply shake the entire plant over a container to remove the seeds. Store the cleaned seed in a cool, dry place.

Companion Planting

It is best used in a meadow-like setting with other annuals, herbaceous perennials and geophytes, including Mariposa Lily (Calochortus sp.), Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta), Clarkia sp., Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla), Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum), California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), Lupine (Lupinus sp.), Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii), Wind Poppy (Papaver heterphyllum), and Penstemon sp.

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems.

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