A spectacular sea of blue flowers can be seen in early April at Chenshan Botanical Garden in Sheshan. The tiny blue flowers are called Nemophila menziesii but are locally known as baby-blue-eyes due to their vibrant light blue color resembling the eyes of a newborn.

This year’s Chenshan planted 60,000 blue flowers and mixed in 12,000 red, yellow, orange and white Icelandic poppies and 5,000 bright yellow eschscholtzia, forming an intoxicating sea of multi-colored flowers.

Nemophila menziesii are in full bloom at Chenshan Botanical Garden. Their vibrant light blue color resembles the eyes of a newborn. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Baby-blue-eyes are seen at Chenshan Botanical Garden. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Fields of blooming flowers turns the garden into an amazing sea of blue. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]