Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium spp. While I have been swapping out non-natives for natives in my garden for years, blue-eyed grass was not on my radar until a few years ago. I found it in my backyard.

Blue-eyed grass is a native Ohio perennial that belongs to the iris family, not the grass family. The plant features purple, star-shaped flowers with yellow centers that attract pollinators like bees ...

Editor's note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in FranklinCounty profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Blue-eyed grass is a compact, clump-forming Ohio native ...