California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
California gilia is a spring annual with lacy leaves and dense heads of violet-blue funnel flowers on slender stems, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder that draws bees to sunny meadows and slopes.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA