Prairie dropseed grows in tufts or bunches from a single-seed system and forms tidy but dense clumps. The dense foliage can grow 2 to 3 feet tall and wide and retains its form even under heavy ...

* What it is: A tough and versatile native ornamental prairie grass with slender green blades that turn orange-red in fall. Plants produce purplish seed heads in late summer that become a "puffy ...

When that happens, it stops making as many seed heads. That allows you to keep the field in for another year or two.” Blue grass is a perennial plant, meaning it will regenerate season after season.

Miner said this step lets them know what other grass or flower seeds to add and in what quantities. Mixes typically include 50-80 species, but Johnson said they work with over 100 native grasses ...

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Alan Miller, a member of the Mississippi Hills chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists, throws grass seeds in a field undergoing prairie restoration on Dec. 2, 2022.

Based in Odessa, Texas, the Odessa American was founded in 1940. Odessa American 700 N. Grant Ave., Suite 800 Odessa, TX 79761-4590 (432) 337-4661 ...