Re: Onionish Grass
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Onionish Grass
- From: B* D*
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:41:47 -0500
Margaret, I share your dislike of Star of Bethlehem. My current yard is
infested with it. But all its foliage has died back by now and Diann's in
IL should have as well. Also, she says she's never noticed it blooming.
SOB does have cute little white flowers in spring.
I am wondering if it could be some kind of Grape Hyacinth (Muscari). The
foliage for that appears in the fall, just about now. It blooms in spring.
It can be pretty aggressive but I tolerate it, in fact I rather like it.
But whatever Diann has, if it's a bulb of some sort, it should have a
flower of some sort.
Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
> At 04:07 PM 9/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >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.
> Sounds like wild onions, but to be sure, why don't you take some to your
> county extension office for ID? Ask them if there's any remedy. I hope it
> isn't Star of Bethlehem. That spreads by seeds and bulbs. Margaret L
>
>
