Re: blue-eyed grass, & more

--- In iris-species@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@b...> wrote:
"My favorite was blue-eyed grass... ripening seed pods... black spots 
inside (presumably ripe seeds)...."

Dennis, Dorothy Willot's warning is certainly pertinant.  The first 
year we were here I discovered blue-eyed grass both on this property 
and another at a lower elevation, wetlands character, owned by the 
same step-son that owns the property on which we live.

At first I carefully guarded the obviously irid clumps, noted the 
seeds--you have it right--small and black, carefully saving a number.

Within two years I was hoeing out every trace of the excessively 
vigorous little things in and between the iris rows.  Blue-eyed grass 
was popping up everywhere.  Then I discovered they *also* were a 
haven for borer in the larger clumps, right along with *Iris 
tectorum.*  I cleared out a whole lot of both away from seedling beds 
and newer named things as a step toward getting control of both 
problems--spreading seeds and borer population explosions.

Blue-eyed grass is both tolerated and enjoyed in some locations now--
far away from other critically important iris and irids!

While I'm at it, a comment about *pseudacorus.*  What I have now is 
in a POT on the deck.  I've lived with what it does to irrigation 
header ditches, so never, never again in any wet place.  The plant is 
thriving as a potted plant, so what the heck.  Makes it easy to dead-
head too.

Neil Mogensen



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