Name this grass
Elisandra Cobb
7 years ago
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
7 years agoElisandra Cobb
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Name that grass
Comments (3)Hypericum gentianoides it is! Found great information on it at a Michigan State University site. It is growing in a granite outcrop with sandy, acidic soil. Thanks for the info... have looked for a long time. I love this site!! Here is a link that might be useful: Hypericum gentianoides(L.) B.S.P. gentian-leaved St. Johnâs-wort...See MoreName that Grass, Please!
Comments (16)We had it in Texas and we have it here. Neil Sperry always called it poa annua when callers to his radio show described it and he ID'd it for them, so I've always known it as poa annual and never knew that poa annua was blue grass. I guess I could have looked up poa annua to learn its common name, but never did. I like it because it greens up early and I can pull it up and throw it onto the compost piles with the chopped and shredded leaves from the fall. The poa annua, when added to those chopped and shredded leaves, add enough nitrogen to get the compost cooking in the late winter and early spring. What's not to like about that? I should add I pull it up from garden beds, and I just leave it alone in the yard because it will get mowed down along with everything else....See MoreCan you name this grass?
Comments (2)It doesn't get tall enough to be Mexican feather grass. I thought it might be Kentucky fescue but it stays green all summer and the fescue seems to prefer cool temperatures....See MoreName my grass
Comments (4)I'll retake pictures soon. That was cut with a brand new ryobi 40v electric mower. Wonder why the blades arent very sharp to begin with?...See MoreElisandra Cobb
7 years agoperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoElisandra Cobb
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