OK, here are the grasses I have grown so far from seed collected in our bush block near Digby (far SW Victoria). This is my general grass area, the grasses are presently seeding up. I’ve weeded out the obvious exotics, and when the seedheads are dried, I will ‘prune’ them off and drop them down between the clumps for more babies to come up next season.
buffy said:
OK, here are the grasses I have grown so far from seed collected in our bush block near Digby (far SW Victoria). This is my general grass area, the grasses are presently seeding up. I’ve weeded out the obvious exotics, and when the seedheads are dried, I will ‘prune’ them off and drop them down between the clumps for more babies to come up next season.
I just run the mower over mine after the seed are ripe.
I’m reasonably certain these ones are a Poa and a wallaby grass:
And I know this one is Xanthorrhoea because I’ve been raising it from 2006……damn slow growers these ones. After we had a bushfire, I collected seeds and I actually got over 20 seeds to germinate. I haven’t succeeded so well in keeping them alive though. I have this one, another still in a tree tube, and one other that I’ve just planted out.
And this fine weeping sort of one I really don’t know what it is and it’s a bit difficult to photograph. Quite apart from the fact that grasses are even more annoying to ID than Eucalyptus!
can I add that coupled with difficulty of ID comes also the fact that many grasses we see aren’t native at all.
Blown grass. Agrostis aemula
This support frame is Cymbopogon ambiguus Lemon scented grass.
roughbarked said:
a dark jungle shot cymbopogon is right – i’m glad someone can spell.
This support frame is Cymbopogon ambiguus Lemon scented grass.
buffy said:
And this fine weeping sort of one I really don’t know what it is and it’s a bit difficult to photograph. Quite apart from the fact that grasses are even more annoying to ID than Eucalyptus!
nice shot – it looks a dense and danderous grass.
justin said:
buffy said:
And this fine weeping sort of one I really don’t know what it is and it’s a bit difficult to photograph. Quite apart from the fact that grasses are even more annoying to ID than Eucalyptus!
nice shot – it looks a dense and danderous grass.
ganderous
no no dangerous.