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Tricolor Gilia
( Gilia tricolor )
Gilia tricolor
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About Tricolor Gilia (Gilia tricolor)
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Gilia tricolor
(Bird's-eyes, Bird's-eyes Gilia) is an annual wildflower in the Polemniaceae (Phlox) family. It is widely cultivated around the world and is frequently included in wildflower seed mixes that are sold in many places. In the wild it is endemic to California where it grows in the Central Valley and surrounding mountain ranges and foothills, with major populations around the Bay Area. Individual flowers are very small but look great when massed. It is a very attractive, easy to grow wildflower with a long blooming season, which accounts for its popularity in the garden. Because it is an annual, it will die after blooming and setting seed, but it re-seeds itself reliably. A closely related species is
Gilia capitata
(Bluehead Gilia), and there are a large number of other species and Varieties: Don't sow different Gilias together unless you are okay with getting hybrid offspring.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
0.33 - 1.2 ft tall
.5 ft wide
Flower Color
Blue, Lavender, White
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4
likely
* )
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Spotted Straw Sun Moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Heliothis phloxiphaga
*
Kodiosoma fulvum
Kodiosoma fulvum
*
Yermoia glaucina
Yermoia glaucina
*
Adela singulella
Adela singulella
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 13
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to -5° F
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Tolerates a variety of soils including clay. Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
It is best used in a meadow-like setting with other annuals, herbaceous perennials and geophytes, including
Mariposa Lily
(
Calochortus sp.
),
Owl's Clover
(
Castilleja exserta
),
Clarkia sp.
,
Chinese Houses
(
Collinsia heterophylla
),
Blue Dicks
(Dichelostemma capitatum),
California Poppy
(
Eschscholzia californica
),
Tidy Tips
(
Layia platyglossa
),
Lupine
(
Lupinus sp.
),
Baby Blue Eyes
(
Nemophila menziesii
), Wind Poppy (Papaver heterphyllum), and
Penstemon sp.
Propagation
?
By seed
Natural Setting
Site Type
Valleys, hills, and open meadows or grasslands
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.4" - 83.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 2.35", Coldest Month: 29.6" - 61.4", Hottest Month: 50.4" - 88.8", Humidity: 0.29" - 42.79", Elevation: 4" - 8995"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Bird's Eyes, Bird's-eye Gilia
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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