My list...although I want them all, those with asterisks *** are my top choices.
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Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass)***
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Gentianopsis crinite (greater fringed gentian)***
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Tripsacum dactyloides (eastern gamagrass)***
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Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed)***
- Fragaria virginiana (Virginia strawberry)
- Deschampsia flexuosa (wavy hairgrass)
- Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama)
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Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) PA ecotype? I only looked at once source, but didn’t think it was native to PA
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Tridens flavus (purpletop) Height? —one source listed it as 2-7ft tall...that is quite a wide range!
Now...I'll have to call and hope they are still available. Next, I'll move on to ordering more seed from Ernst Seed Company for my meadow planting.
3 comments:
Hi, David. I have Purpletop here in southern Ohio that sometimes gets over 5 feet tall, but most of that height is from a seed stalk that is so thin and airy that it is hard to see from a distance.
Steve,
Many thanks for sharing your first-hand knowledge! Good to know. I think a thin, airy seed head is much more "accessible" than a towering behemoth of a plant.
I may have some areas where some towering, flowering plants could fit--along with some taller grasses...but for the most part, I'd like my meadow a bit closer to 3 feet give or take. :)
If they have the plugs, I'll be happy to include it.
Thank you again.
I was looking back in hopes that I posted a list of names of what plugs I actually came home with. No luck.
Unfortunately, most of what was on my wishlist was not available at the nursery. I did come home with a fair variety of others...and, I believe some purpletop--the plugs became established enough to bloom, and I was please with he height and the openness--thank you again for sharing your experience of them with me, Steve Wilson.
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