Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Low, spreading annual scattering sky-blue, white-centered cups across cool spring ground. A beloved, easy reseeder for sun or light shade. Historically grazed by livestock, but there's no solid record of the seed being eaten by people — best left for the bees.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.25–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, NV, OR, WY