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June grass This small clumping perennial grass grows about 1-3′ tall. An attractive native grass, it looks like it belongs in a Japanese Garden. Ideal for drifts and masses, and will provide an effective slope or ground cover in hot, dry Summer climates. Space 2 ft apart. Its eye-catching blue-green leaves and upright chartreuse flower…
Rice Cutgrass Rice cut grass, a quick growing rhizomatous perennial grass grows from 2-4′ tall. The leaves of Rice cut grass form a very rough minutely toothed edge that makes it unpalatable to many herbivore mammals. Its a great grass to add to bioswales where there is a need to fill in. The seeds provide…
Onion grass A locally rare perennial grass that grows 1 to 2 1/2 feet tall. It has bulbous-based stems clustered on short rhizomes that gives it its name. Onion grass (not related to onions) grows on moist to dry slopes in open woods, and well-drained slopes along streams. It’s natural habitat includes mountain forest and…
California melic This loosely tufted perennial grass grows 2 to 4′ tall. Space 2 ft apart. It is native to dry, exposed rocky slopes and found in our local open hillsides and oak woodlands. The deep roots and extreme drought tolerance make California melic and excellent choice for slope stabilization. The attractive culms persist and…
Torrey’s melic A floppy looking, bunch grass; grows to 2′ tall x 1 foot wide. Good looking, very adaptable, drought tolerant grass. Dormant in the late summer. Space 2 ft apart. Commonly found in chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and oak woodland habitats. Useful in rock or shade gardens especially with Sticky Monkey flower, ferns, California…
Deergrass A large evergreen bunchgrass grows 3’ tall and 3’ wide– easy to grow, even without summer water. Space 4’0″ apart. This robust grass grows fast and will normally grow to a mature size in a season or two. It will also help to control erosion due to its extensive root system. It was commonly…
Pine Bluegrass Poa secunda has a moderate growth rate beginning in early spring up to about 1.5-3 ft. Space 1’0″ apart. It looks particularly beautiful, leaves and stems having a blueish cast and lemma tips that are typically purplish. At full flowering, white stamens dangle from their florets in the breeze. Leaves are not abundant…
Nodding needlegrass Nodding needlegrass is a 2-3′ perennial bunch grass that grows in the foothills of California. Space 1-2 ft apart. It is very drought tolerant and showy. Not only is it a beautiful native grass it is also very drought tolerant. The panicles of thin, fine, nodding awns have a silky aspect and are…
Foothill needlegrass This perennial bunchgrass grows 1-3’ tall and is very drought tolerant. Space 1-2 ft apart. This fine-bladed, tufted bunchgrass is commonly found along chaparral margins in the Coast Ranges and in the Sierra foothills. Its graceful flower stalks have needle like awns that shimmer in the afternoon light. Excellent choice for dry meadow,…
Purple needlegrass This perennial bunchgrass is long-lived and drought tolerant and grows from 1-3’ tall. Space 2-3 ft apart An excellent choice for dry meadow, accents in mixed border, in rock gardens or in containers. Purple needlegrass is one of the key components of California’s native grasslands. Roots extend down 20 ft to tap soil…