Gilia

Gilia - Hardy Californian annuals, 1 to 2 feet high, and bearing for a long time a succession of blossoms either blue, white, lavender, or rose-colored. Seed may be sown in autumn for spring blooming, and in April for summer and autumn blooming; and the soil should be light and rich. The best are G. achilleaefolia (blue), G. a. alba (white), G. capitata (lavender), G. tricolor (white and purple), G. rosea splendens (rose), G. nivalis (white), G. liniflora, G. dianthoides, and G. laciniata. They may occasionally be made of graceful use as carpet plants.

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Gilia Coronopifolia

Gilia Coronopifolia - A brilliant (scarlet) biennial from the south-eastern states of America; it is an old plant, and sometimes used as a flower garden plant. It should be raised early in the year, as sown late it only flowers the following year.