Re: Onionish Grass

(This is probably my last post for today's 4-post limit.)

It's neither Star of Bethlehem nor Grape Hyacinth.  Maybe I can describe it
better.

It grows to about 12" long.  The blades are totally round, and about 1/10th
of a centimeter wide.  It's a very light blue- or yellow-green.  I have been
watching it ever since I've seen it appear in other far-away places and it's
never bloomed or changed except for spreading.

One funny thing is the original patches went dormant in the spring/summer
and are just now coming up.  The little one and two plant outposts have been
growing all summer to this day. (Maybe I should do a scientific
comparison-this makes me suspect they're not the same-something I hadn't
considered-altho on the face of it they sure seem the same....)

I really can't tell if they smell like garlic or onions.

Does Roundup kill plants with little bulbs?  I've tried it before and it
didn't seem to phase these things.

Diann

-----Original Message-----
From:   PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU] On Behalf Of
Bobbi Diehl
Sent:   Friday, September 08, 2000 4:42 PM
To:     shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject:        Re: [SG] Onionish Grass

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
>
>
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