Re: Onionish Grass
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Onionish Grass
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:59:17 -0400
Hmmm, Diann, it couldn't be Nutsedge ( Cyperus esculentus), could it?
It does "flower" but it's hardly noticeable. Is the overall clump
sort of wispy in effect, but stiffish to the touch?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Diann Barbee Thoma <diannthoma@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Date: Friday, September 08, 2000 6:15 PM
>
> (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
> >
> >
