Which legume would "Purple Prairie Clover" be? Trifolium??? Anne Spiegel New York zone 4b/5a
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Hatchett <[email protected]> To: 'Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society;postings copyright by authors.' <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 7:16 pm Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] experiences growing Great Plains plants? “ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cindy Reed Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] experiences growing Great Plains plants? Thank you, Jim. It would be very interesting to run several short description of experiences growing C. hirsutissima. I haven't tried it. But I do have Scarlet Globe Mallow, yes that is another. And would be a good one to appear, as it is generally well recognized by visitors and residents in the Plains, though few have tried to keep it in their garden. What about Phlox andicola, P. hoodii, or P. alyssifolia? Astragalus ceramicus? or others that any of you may be growing. Cindy Reed Hot Springs, SD zone 4” I suppose the elephant it the room when it comes to plants of the great plains would be the grasses, which make up the bulk of the biomass and really define the ecosystem. I have about ¼ acre in mixed short grass prairie grasses. The dominant species are Buffalo grass and Blue Grama. I have also mixed in Little Bluestem, Side Oates Grama, Three Awn, Needle Grass (Stipa) and Dropseed and a few others whose common names I have forgotten. If you mix in a little Mexican Hat, Pallid Coneflower(Echinacea augustifolia) and perhaps Blanket flower and some Legumes like Purple Prairie Clover you start to get the flavor of the short grass prairie. You might notice I have omitted any cactus from the mix, its on purpose. Jim Hatchett Eagle, Idaho, Zone 5 _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list [email protected] ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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