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Bird's Eyes

Hardy annual. Often self-sows. Attractive tri-colored flowers, white with edges blushed in lilac--centers are purplish black! Very unique-looking annual that likes a dry, sunny area.


Birds Eyes require full sun, up to only partial shade. This flower needs well-drained soil with an average nutrient composition. Although it can handle some sandy soil. Its seed is best propagated by sowing outdoors, in cool climates. Birds Eyes can adapt to many different climate conditions. It is more cold tolerant than most flowers but its stem is weak and because of that it does not do well when transplanted. There are over 100 species of Gilia. This one can be fall planted in zones 7-10.