Maybe try Izel and prairie moon. I’ve personally never ordered their flats since I have good options spring/fall at local sales, but I looked into both a lot a few years ago.
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I could wait but i need so many because im trying a matrix planting that it just makes sense to go for a whole sale. idk maybe i hsould just try and seed my own flats… any ideas how hard grass seed is to start LOL
i know it needs 60 days cold stratification
I have not successfully started little bluestem from seed, but I also have put very minimal effort into it. @benthegirl i think legitimately tried and succeeded. My “little blues” little bluestem did a good job self seeding this year. I have yet to find any standing ovation or straight species volunteers, and I’ve had those the longest. So again, I would check izel.
Elymus hystrix seed heads over pink turtlehead. i think this is a really under-utilized grass. It starts growing really early spring before my other grasses and forms these super cool seed heads also really early. Self seeds. Is doing well in part shade at another house I planted. (Nevermind my neighbors crap hedge behind them)
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Part of my (no longer) woodsy native garden. It’s getting dense in there and it’s crazy, but easily 2/3rds of what is in the area can’t be seen in this picture. I didn’t seem to take any pictures of the other parts of this garden, will try today and update. The heat is melting my brain. Notable in the picture to me- the back corner fence can see the redbud beautifully regrowing from the ground. The tree I’m selecting for has great structure, and I’ll cut out the stump next winter. The mass of barely contained woodland sunflower in the back to be moved this fall- not blooming yet as it’s a late bloom, but the decapetalus blending to the right is blooming. That gets to stay, not aggressive. Left edge of the picture you can see some of Anemone virginiana in bloom. It’s not showy, but I love it. getting moved to the back when woodland sunflower is out because it’s tall and flops. Diervillas have been blooming along with coreopsis moved in there this spring, last bit of the spigelia blooms, randomly tradescantia is still alive in the heat and oddly blooming (Tradescantia doesn’t do well in this garden) and blue mistflower in the back right is just starting to bloom. I spread about 4 more patches of this in here, love it so much.
More showy…here’s 2 views I don’t normally take of the street and front yard gardens. The monardas out there have been miserable in the high heat drought, even the verbana hasta looks sad. And, my massive New England aster (can’t really see in side garden picture) looks like it’s legit dying
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New England aster is miserable in the drought. Purple domes (which are small New England’s) are as well. I gave in and put some water on them today. I just can’t believe that we’re not even getting thunderstorms.
Monarda clinopodia to the left is relatively fine, even seedling echinacea are doing well and blooming (in front), and nothing can stop the elymus, solidago, physostegia etc to the right.
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This wild y’all. I planted Ruellia humilis 2+ years ago in this location. It was super wet around the time of planting and thereafter, and it died. Last spring, I planted a ground hug or low scape (can’t remember) aronia in virtually the same spot. It’s been doing fine. Today, out of nowhere, I notice this! I don’t know how that’s possible. Something about the drought awakened whatever bit of roots still there? Amazing.
I’ll try to extricate and move it this fall. Or, just leave it since it’s a miracle and might deserve to just be.
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I vote to leave it. Destined to be in that location now.
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Hibiscus moschuetos is starting to bloom! We love these. They’ve handled the drought shockingly well, just a foot maybe shorter than years past. Kids combine the names and call them “swamp moschuetos” which sounded and still does so cute from toddler mouths trying to make those sounds.
Sunflowers- woodland messes and smooth oxeye
Las winter, we made wreaths from lonicera sempervirens vines and then whatever native seed heads the kids grabbed from around the yard. They seeded in the cracks of the stones at the steps, which is rather remarkable given that’s pretty much just gravel (we set them ourselves). There’s a clover in there but otherwise they’re all natives from the wreathes. I’ll have to cut/pull at some point but for now I prefer the green to grey.
Liatris squarrosa starting to bloom, it’s so funky and I love it. Voles ate a few in my street garden but there are some volunteers and I might get more this fall.
Just a beautiful mess picture and the very beginnings of the monarda punctata blooms. I highly recommend this plant for someplace you want something showy. It will have stacks of 6+ flowers and keep blooming well into fall. Everyone loves it- humans and bugs.
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