Dwarf -> M26 or M9 Semi -> M7 or B118 That's what I was told when I talked to Stark earlier this year when I questioned what RS is under their trees. I'm claiming zero authority so take it for what it's worth. It would be a sad day if stark can't even give the correct range of rootstock. I would suspect they aren't that inept, though. I hope, anyway. ps. glad to see the stooling bed has succeeded! I'm trying that myself testing a few different things. Hoping to have the same results as you!

I would recommend a clumper if kept in a pot, and in your zone you could go with a number of bamboos, especially if you are planning on bringing the plant indoors during the colder months. Several of the bambusas would do fine particularly the Bambusa multiplexes. B. mult. 'Silverstripe' is one that leans outward a lot so it would give excellent shade for close neighbouring plants. In a pot the size you described, it would probably grow to 12 or 14 feet max in height, so it wouldn't be too tall. In full sun, it gives dense foliage so it is a definite possibility. Are you planning on having more than one pot? Kt

The lilies should bloom fine next year. Make sure you fertilize them this year and let the foliage die back to feed the bulb for next year. They should get progressively more beautiful with year passing year, with more flowers and possible height. Then after several years they will start to decline....a sign that you need to dig up and divide them. Enjoy. Flora

Hi droogie6655321 You should be able to expect germination in as little as 4 or 5 days & possibly as much as 10 to 14 days depending on conditions. Hopefully you rolled the seed (with a rented water fillable roller) to get good seed-to-soil contact. If it's a small area, just walk all over it. I plan to keep the ground moist over the next week or so Yes, moist. Not wet. If you see puddles, it's too much water. Also, keeping the soil moist should be maintained until germination, then you can begin to back off on watering to say, once a day for about a week, then every other day, then twice a week, then once a week. Often it's thought that lawns don't really need to be watered regularly, but I want to caution you that you'll need to really baby this grass this year. In fact, this is about the worst time of year to seed a cool season grass in Oklahoma, as the new TTTF seedlings you sowed will have a very difficult time making it through the heat of summer. Some will, but expect that likely at least half or more won't. No biggie though! The really best time to overseed this stuff is right after the heat of summer breaks, so be ready to overseed again in fall to get yourself a good stand of turf for next summer's heat. Also know that you'll have quite a bit of weeds germinating as well as your grass since you're creating those good germinating conditions, but that goes hand in hand with starting new turfgrass. Concentrate on getting a good stand of grass this year, then this fall & next spring you can begin using pre-emergents to reduce germination of annual weeds. If you don't already own a Weed Hound, I'd strongly suggest purchasing one, they're about $20 at HD or Lowes, and you can pull weeds root & all as fast as you can step on 'em! As far as fertilizers, the best pre-seeding fertilizer to use is alfalfa pellets. They contain trianconatol, a natural fatty-acid growth stimulant. This is good to use for new grassplants/seedlings because they encourage root growth. Apply at 15-20lbs per 1000sqft. Then water it in. (Preferrably 2 weeks before seeding.) Once the lawn gets established, I think soybean meal is the best to use. Soybean meal has a high (47%) protein content, so less material is needed to provide the lawn with 1lb of N per 1000sqft. (The typical application rate for most chemical synthetic fertilizers is 1lb N per 1000sqft) The typical NPK analysis for soybean meal would be 7-2-1. It's my grain of choice because I get the most "bang for my buck" from it. I use a 50lb bag of it on my approx 3500sqft lawn (14lbs/1000sqft.) every 4 weeks. (My lawn is bermuda, a very heavy feeder.) I hope my 2 cents helps some. Good day, Dan