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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pacific Dune Grass (Elymus mollis aka Leymus mollis)

Karen April 1, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Pacific lyme grass, American dune wild-rye, sea lyme-grass, strand-wheat, and strand grass, this perennial grass is native to coastal beaches of northern Asia, and northern parts of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)

Karen March 16, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as gulf hairawn muhly, purple muhly, and dune hairgrass, this perennial grass is native to the coastal areas of Southeastern US and is a member of the grass…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bunny Tail Grass(Lagurus ovatus)

Karen February 2, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Turk’s head grass and hare’s tail grass, this fine textured grass is a native of Mediterranean shores and a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also…

Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Mid-Sized Grasses

Karen Meyers July 17, 2025 0 Comments

Grasses are the backbone of a meadow garden and the mid-sized ones will blend especially well with the many mid-sized perennials that are also essential to a meadow garden. The…

Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Tall Native Grasses

Karen Meyers July 10, 2025 0 Comments

Tall native grasses are usually associated with the natural prairie ecosystem of central US. This area has rich loess soils and moderate rainfall of 30-35 inches per year and are…

Children

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Bunny Tails Grass (Lagurus ovatus)

Karen March 7, 2023 0 Comments

The blooms of this perennial grass are just plain cute and are bound to attract children of all ages along with their parents. The plant grows 1-2′ tall and has…

Children

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Zebra Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’)

Karen May 10, 2022 0 Comments

With long, arching leaves horozontally striped with wide bands of cream and green this warm weather perennial grass grows 4-6′ tall in tight rounded clumps. By mid September it reaches…

Garden History

Plants of the Bible: Giant Reed (Arundo donax)

Karen January 10, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as Persian reed and bulrush this warm season, clump-forming, perennial grass is native to the Greater Middle East and common in Palestine, Syria, and the Sinai peninsula, forming…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pine Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia dubia)

Karen April 28, 2021 0 Comments

This evergreen, clump-forming, perennial grass is native to higher elevations of eastern Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, and northern Mexico, and belongs to the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sand Lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes)

Karen April 7, 2021 0 Comments

Native to prairies, open woods, rocky slopes and roadsides of the western plains states, this perennial grass is a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes bamboo, rice,…

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