Sisyrinchium 'Quaint and Queer'

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Sisyrinchium 'Quaint and Queer'

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Kemper Code: T660

Common Name: sisyrinchium
Zone: 6 to 9
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Iridaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 0.5 to 1 foot
Spread: 0.5 to 1 foot
Bloom Time: May - June Bloom Data
Bloom Color: Milk chocolate brown
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium

Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates light shade. Only winter hardy to USDA Zone 6, so it needs a protected location and winter mulch in the St. Louis area.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

This hybrid blue-eyed grass cultivar is a vigorous, clump-forming perennial which features a 6" tall clump of flat, narrow, linear, iris-like, green foliage. Flowers appear on flattened stems rising just above the foliage to 9-10" in late spring. Flower color is described variably as (1) yellow centered with outer dull purple tepals to (2) yellowish-brown to (3) milk chocolate brown... all of which is perhaps consistent with the unusual cultivar name. The usual sisyrinchium flower colors are blue, white or yellow.

Problems:

No serious insect or disease problems.

Uses:

An interesting plant for the rock garden, small garden or border front. Foliage clumps are quite attractive when the flowers are not in bloom.

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