Gilia
gilia

- Height 2-3 ft (60-90 cm)
- Planting distance 9 in (23 cm)
- Flowers early summer to early fall
- Light, well-drained soil
- Sunny site
- Hardy annual

Gilias are grown for their attractive feathery midgreen foliage and showy flowers, which appear from early summer on. They are good for massing in beds and borders and as cut flowers.

Popular species and cultivars
Gilia capitata has pincushionlike heads of lavender-blue flowers from early summer to early fall on 3-ft (90-cm) high stems. Gilia tricolor, 2 ft (60 cm) tall, has clusters of pale violet bell-shaped flowers, ringed maroon at the base, in early summer.

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