Blue Gilia Seed (Gilia capitata)

Globe Gilia is another gorgeous little native annual. This charming little blue puff ball flower is loved by native bees, butterflies and predatory flies! It is very drought tolerant once established. If started from seed in the Fall or early Spring to take advantage of our rainy season you'll never have to water it, though with a few deep soaks through the Summer Globe Gilia will reward you with a bigger and longer flower show. It grows best in full sun, but can tolerate part shade. Globe Gilia thrives in many soil types including gravel, sand, clay, and poor nutrient depleted soils as long the soil has some drainage. Flowering generally begins in late Spring and continues through mid to late Summer. It pairs nicely with Elegant Tarweed, California Poppies, Clarkia, and Willamette Valley Gumweed, which all flower at the same time!

This is a very easy little wildflower to start from seed and tends to do better with direct sowing. When happy Globe Gilia will continue to self sow for a flower show the following year!

Each seed packet contains 100 seeds and germination instructions are included.

Blue Gilia at a glance

• Average growth dimensions - 2-3 ft tall x 6 inches wide
• Dormancy - Dies each Winter and will happily self sow! (leave the dead plant stocks until Spring for bees to nest in and birds to feed on the seeds)
• Plant type - Annual herb
• Sun - Full Sun
• Water - moist - rain water only
• Flowering time - May- September  (peak flowering June-July)
• Flower color - Blue
• Soil preference - Highly adaptable, prefers medium - well draining soil