The blue-eyed grass is San Diego's new official flower ... and goes dormant during dry summers and dies back to the ground. But the perennial herb stores resources in its stem underground to ...

It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage gardeners to cultivate native plants.

Video Above: Campaign for a new San Diego official flower (from March 2025) A bracket-style competition was included, with blue-eyed grass named the winner in mid-April. With the council’s ...

On Tuesday, the City Council voted to replace the non-native carnation with the Blue-eyed Grass. The San Diego Bird Alliance launched the "Your City, Your Flower" campaign in March to change San ...

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 change San ...