type :
Annuals
sun exposure :
Full Sun, Partial Shade
water :
Regular Water
planting zones :
US (Upper South) / Zone 6, MS (Middle South) / Zone 7, LS (Lower South) / Zone 8, CS (Coastal South) / Zone 9, TS (Tropical South) / Zone 10, TS (Tropical South) / Zone 11
Plant Details
These cool-weather annuals grow 612 inches high and trail to 1 feet wide, with saucer-shaped flowers to 1 inches across in spring. Pale green, hairy, ferny leaves give plants a delicate appearance. Often used as bulb cover. Sow seed in place in fall; plants will bloom in winter in the Coastal and Tropical South, in spring in the Upper, Middle, and Lower South.
five-spot nemophila
nemophila maculata
- Native to California.
- Flowers are white, marked with fine purple lines and dots; a large purple dot appears at the tip of each of the five lobes.
baby blue eyes
nemophila menziesii
- From California, southern Oregon.
- Plant blooms freely, bearing sky-blue blossoms with a white or near-white center.
- Snowstorm has white flowers dotted with black.
- Pennie Black bears blackish purple flowers rimmed in white.