Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Blue-eyed grass is a compact, clump-forming Ohio native ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass. The campaign to ...

San Diego has a new city flower for the first time in 61 years. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with blue-eyed grass, a native flower that can be found ...

The Western Blue-eyed Grass. (Photo courtesy of the city of San Diego via Facebook) The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the City Council Tuesday agrees to replace the ...

The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the city council agrees Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native blue-eyed grass. The campaign to change San Diego's ...

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium albidum) boasts a profusion of delicate blue-purple, star-shaped flowers that appear in late spring to early summer, says Mary Phillips, head of native plant habitat ...

The recent push to help pollinators via home gardens focuses largely on shrinking lawns and replacing them with colorful meadows, wildflowers and native plants. But there’s another key element that’s ...