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Botanic Name:
Gilia tricolor Common Name: Bird's Eye Gilia Size: 1'h x 1'w Sun: sun H20: occ.H2O/dry One of our loveliest native annuals, this annual member or the Phlox family can be found growing in the Bay Area in grasslands. Its petals are a work of art, with rings of blue and purple with a yellow Bird's Eye center. Wonderful in a bouquet. It is a favorite of many pollinators, and has a chocolate fragrance! Given full sun and not much water, Bird's Eye Gilia will provide at least a month of spring color. Will reseed.
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