Baby-Blue-Eyes
Nemophila menziesii. HYDROPHYLLACEAE.
Planting and Growing Baby-Blue-Eyes
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow baby-blue-eyes in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of baby-blue-eyes
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for baby-blue-eyes
- Season of bloom and planting time for baby-blue-eyes
- When, how deep, and where to plant baby-blue-eyes
- How to plant baby-blue-eyes
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of baby-blue-eyes
- Landscape and container uses of baby-blue-eyes
- Comments about baby-blue-eyes and its features
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Growing Baby-Blue-Eyes
Many cultivars of low, spreading or trailing annual herbs, to 1 ft. (30 cm) tall. Opposite, smooth, feathery, divided leaves, to 2 in. (50 mm) long, with 5–9 leaflets.
Common cultivars include Nemophila menziesii ‘Alba’, ‘Cramboides’, ‘Margarita’, ‘Pennie Black’, and ‘Snowstorm’.
See also Five-Spot, Nemophila maculata, a closely related species with similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many blue, purple, violet, white, 5-petaled, saucerlike flowers, 1–1-1/2-in. (25–38-mm) wide, in early summer–late frost.
Best Climates
Self-seeding, zones 2–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich–average. 6.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring, zones 2–6, when soil is workable; autumn, zones 7–10, in full sun to partial shade, 9–12 in. (23–30 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Mulch with leaf mold. Protect from heat, humidity. Propagate by seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for beds, borders, containers, edgings in cottage, natural, rock gardens. Good companion for spring bulbs. Pest and disease resistant.