Re: Onionish Grass
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Onionish Grass
- From: D* B* T*
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:07:13 -0500
- Importance: Normal
Zone 5b, east-central Illinois
If you dig up a patch, there are onion-type bulbs by the dozens, small,
maybe at biggest 3/8". Seems to like dry ground.
-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU] On Behalf Of
Margaret Lauterbach
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 2:44 PM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] Onionish Grass
At 03:16 PM 9/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>A couple of years ago, a patch of beautiful, thin, blue-green grass
appeared
>under one of our bushes. I first noticed it in the winter, where it seemed
>most delightful.
>
>Well, that was then, this is now. That stuff is *all over* in just about
>every garden I have. I don't even know how it gets around: I've never seen
>it flower, let alone seed. It certainly doesn't have runners 50 feet long.
>
>How do I get rid of it???
>
>Thanks,
>Diann
Finding out what it is is always a good first step. Where do you live?
Margaret L
