GROW A BUNCH OF NATIVE GRASSES & SEDGES!

Native clumping grasses bring beauty, wildlife habitat, and floodwater control to sun and shade gardens. Sedges are perfect for shady spots where they can mimic the look of lawn. Explore options from tall to small with John Hart Asher of the Ecosystem Design Group. Find out when and how to plant from seed or transplants and how to prune in late winter.

[@jasmine50fifty]

YESS GRASSES!!!! Native Grasses are my obsession! I want to get nerdy!!I cant just get enough 🌾🎋❤️ Give John Hart Asher his own series to educate the masses on grasses!

[@CentralTexasGardener]

Thank you! Yes, we'll certainly be doing more with John Hart! So glad to have you on the CTG team.

[@StephenFordQuestionMark]

Glad to see some grass content! Many thanks.

[@Doctor_Subtilis]

The thing i love most about our native grasses and sedges is how they are so ubiquitous but also incredibly obscure even to many botany enthusiasts. And the paucity of information and subtleties of the lesser known species makes for quite the exercise when it comes to identifying them. I learned so much identifying saccharum alopecuroides. And how easy they are to propagate from seed and division and how quickly they can change a landscape really makes them a joy to cultivate and indispensable. I don't get how some people are bored by them.

[@larrywagoner3984]

WoW guys, I have a new wrinkle in my brain :),,and that is I've learned more about("GRASSES") than I ever thought was out there to learn. thank you so much for the grasses/sedges insight message guys :-) God bless and stay safe y'all 'Larry from TX & AZ'

[@CentralTexasGardener]

Thank you for being on our team!

[@vickiesorenson2385]

I enjoy your lingo on the grasses. Lots of dry humor here! Lol🎉

[@jdy1054]

Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses are hollow right down to the ground. Yes, I have heard that!

[@tazmankb26]

I love ornamentals- I have Muhly, Asian Spear, Porcupine, Pampas, and Purple Fountain grass. I made the mistake and planted the flowing Mexican Heather and it is super invasive. I have little tuffs of it popping up all over my garden.

[@jdy1054]

Pampas grass is horribly invasive in SW Ohio. Think about using only natives, which feed lots of insects and pollinators, and don’t destroy the environment. I had Chinese fountain grass, but I tore it out after I saw it popping up in the empty lot across the street. My landscape was ruining the environment. But I loved how it looked- it was hard to tear it out. Lol. It’s hard to not find delight in some beautiful non native grasses or plants, but their damage far outweighs their beauty to the eye.

[@kathiethompson6719]

Fantastic information! I was wondering what grasses I could use for my western-facing yard.

[@jhonPriego-dp5fd]

Nurseries are like flea markets just 5 around here been too many weeks looks weekly

[@tabithasherie3279]

I love our prairie grasses. I'm slowly replacing my urban lawn. Where can I find Muhlenbergia lindheimeri, Muhlenbergia rigens, Muhlenbergia dubia in seed form? I can not seem to find any Texas sellers other than Jelitto growers in Europe. I tried growing mature seeds I gathered from a public planted lindheimeri plant, failed every attempt, any suggestions would be appreciated (I read no stratification needed). Prairie drop seed is another tough one to germinate, but I'm trying a dry stratification process at the moment. Since I have a large area to cover seed starting is the most economical way for me to go; easiest native grasses to grow from seed so far: Muhlenbergia capillaris, Bouteloua curtipendula, Koeleria macrantha, and Schizachyrium scoparium.

[@jdy1054]

I cold stratified my prairie drop seed for 30 days, then planted it in a tray I put in a plastic bag to keep it damp. I’m in Ohio, and I ordered my seed from Prairie Moon Nursery in Minnesota. Maybe the genetics are different in Texas varieties . But this works for me.I keep them at about 60 degrees but I put out in the sun in those enclosed bags. Hope this might work for you. I always have trouble getting little bluestem to sprout! I’m getting to where I enjoy the challenges. Lol. Good luck!

[@darlenesawyer6739]

My soil is gray ash and sand, I hope the grasses will grow.

[@chrisstanford3652]

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[@duxdawg]

"Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes."

[@nahword5604]

Are most of these long root grasses and sedges problematic for pipes and wires?

[@motoosoteo6219]

I've never seen grasses cause problems with pipes. The grass roots are thin and don't grow massive like tree roots which put pressure on pipes that can then cause problems.

[@jdy1054]

I’ve been told that if you have a septic system and a leach field you might want to try grasses or forbs with shorter root systems. But I’ve never heard of grass roots being the problem for pipes or wires. Up here in Ohio it’s always maple, River birch or willow that get into pipes and cause problems, not grass roots. But most people don’t grow prairie grasses, so I can’t say for sure.

[@joansmith3492]

you didn't let him answer the "chia head' question. bummer. speargrass can kill your dog according to my old dog trainer. somehow the spear seed gets into the dogs lungs and causes a lethal infection.

[@jhonPriego-dp5fd]

Economy not ecology even little green house produce bunches and looks weekly