Name: Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) [15 Seeds]
SKU: 22614
Price: 4.25 USD
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Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) [15 Seeds]

$4.25

Germination Information: I recommend these seeds for experienced seed-starters only, because they require some patience. The easiest approach is to sow the seeds (just barely covered with growing medium) in fall or early winter, setting them outdoors in a spot protected from mice so they can get a chilling period and then germinate when conditions are right in spring.

If you sow after December, give the pot an artificial chilling period of about 3 months before moving it to a warm, bright place for germination.

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Description

Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) is a clump-forming, warm-season grass with broad leaf blades. Slender, arching flower spikes–with the reddish brown male flowers on the top half and the female flowers at the base–appear atop 5- to 8-foot-tall stems in mid- to late summer, with the female flowers maturing into large, cylindrical seeds. The stems are upright at first, eventually developing a sprawling habit as the seeds develop. This native grass is a bit coarse for a formal border but is an interesting addition to a meadow or a prairie-style planting, or as a living screen. Eastern gamagrass is a host plant for the larvae of several skipper butterflies and the owlet moth, and the large seeds of this US native provide food for wildlife, including quail and deer. Full sun; average to moist soil. Perennial; Zones 4 to 9.

Collected in August 2022. At least 15 seeds. Mid-Atlantic ecotype.

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