Native Plants provide interest in every season! Ephemerals like Trillium or Bloodroot provide a splash of much-needed color in Spring. In Summer, native grasses and flowers are in full bloom, teeming ...

So, to avoid adding to the menace, it's best to stick to planting only female plants—they're prettier anyway. Not only are pampa grasses invasive, but they also act like guests who refuse to leave.

annual: A plant that completes its life cycle and dies within less than one year. anthesis: The period when a flower is open. articulation: Natural separation point or joint. auricles: Ear-like lobes ...

Plant warm-season grasses in the early summer ... Each grass species germinates and grows at a slightly different speed. Cool-season grasses, like Kentucky bluegrass and fescue, can take one ...

Female plants have bur-like clusters located near the middle of the stem. Develop dense mat of fine fibrous roots. Grass that spreads by stolons. Male and female flowers produced on separate plants.

Cultivation With a few exceptions such as the switch grass, most grasses like full sun. It is therefore advisable to plant them in an open area where they will get at least half a day of full sun.

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the state’s fire dynamics.