Yellow-Eyed Grass Yellow Stone

Yellow Stone is utterly carefree, thriving even in poor or heavy soil, with fresh, slim, rush-like leaves (that may remind you of Mondo Grass) and brilliant star-shaped 3/4-inch blooms. Just 6 to 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide, it's the perfect size for containers as well as the garden. Compact, neat, and utterly reliable, it's simply the easiest way we know to punctuate your plantings, edge your pathways, and add a little distinction to your mixed containers!

This Golden-Eyed Grass is native to California and British Columbia, and is perennial in zones 8-9. Wherever you live, however, you can expect it to return faithfully year after year, for it self-seeds readily. Imagine -- a little gem of a plant that actually PREFERS poor soil! Very shallow-rooted, it easily takes hold in your garden, yet because it's not spreading or trailing, you never have to worry about it becoming invasive. It makes a fine foreground planting to blue-, white-, and red-flowered annuals and perennials, looking fresh from spring through fall. (And if you like Yellow-Eyed Grass, take a look at Blue-Eyed Grass, its hardier cousin!)

For best germination, pop the seeds into the fridge for 2 weeks in late winter, then set in bright indirect light. Germination usually takes a month or so. Once the soil has warmed in spring, transplant the young seedlings into the sunny garden, spacing them about 6 inches apart. Expect blooms 4 to 5 months from sowing! Pkt is 100 seeds.