California Gardening: Northern Cal-Annie's Annuals, 1 by spotzim

spotzim wrote:
I'm a new subscriber (from Palo Alto). Not sure how the forum works. Apologies if I break rules.

At Marin Art & Garden center on Saturday, I saw a remarkable plant and have been searching for its identity ever since. No label at the site. It has leaves similar to hemerocallis, long and strap-like. Probably a bulb or tuber. Flower stalk is tall with small blue blossoms spaced out on a Christmas-tree shaped framework.

The main thing was the BERRIES. Intense, shiny, bright blue. About the size of a small olive. Probably inedible, but I've never seen anything like this BLUE in a garden. Maybe calling them berries is inaccurate. Anyone have a suggestion what the plant might be (from my lame description)?

Tnx, --Scottie

P.S. The photo is my blue thunbergia, thriving in semi-shade under a Redwood tree.