nemophila

/ nəˈmɒfɪlə /

noun

any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae

New Latin, from Greek nemos a grove + philein to love

Another bed, I trust, may be successful in another way—it is a bed of the blue Nemophila insignis.

Last year we tried with the Nemophila, but we were too soon, and the frost caught us and destroyed our plants.

The Nemophila bed, I hear, gradually filled up and became a perfect sheet of brilliant blue.

I was so pleased with the Nemophila bed of last May that I am repeating the experiment on a larger scale.

I shall have one bed of Nemophila, and another of Virginian Stock.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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