In the same family as blue-eyed grass, a native wildflower that I see often up near our cabin, this plant came to me in a pack of mixed bulbous plant seeds. Germinating and growing quickly, I wasn’t sure what this plant was. Then, it got a few flowers that first year and I was clued in. And my brother recognized it from perennials growing in a public food garden he helps manage in West Seattle.

This plant has really strong, sword-like leaves and spikes of light yellow flowers that last for a month or so. Mine never filled out the way I’ve seen they can and has since either died back or gone dormant for an extra year.

I’m hoping this plant is still out in the garden in front of the greenhouse. My future plans will be to feed it and to get seeds from it to start some more plants. They are pretty fun and different.