Blue-Eyed Grass ‘Lucerne’ (Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’) is a sweet, compact perennial selected for its tidy growth habit and larger, showier flowers. Despite its common name and grass-like foliage, Blue-Eyed Grass is actually a member of the Iris family and is not a true grass!

Blooming from May through June, charming blue-purple star-shaped flowers with bright golden-yellow centers rise above upright, narrow, semi-evergreen foliage. It performs best in full sun to part sun with average, well-drained soil. While it can tolerate part shade, flowering will be less abundant in lower light.

With its short, thick, compact habit, ‘Lucerne’ also makes an effective groundcover, forming neat clumps that help knit the front of the garden bed together! It adds fresh spring color, subtle structure, and early-season pollinator value all at once.