Prairie Dropseed Planted IB2DWs - June 2022
Yesterday, I showed the backyard location of one of our two Prairie Dropseed native grasses that we bought at the Morton Arboretum Annual Plant Sale. Today, (below) is a photo of the location of the other one: IB2DWs. Prairie Dropseed - Sporobolus heterolepis - is a 'tough' native grass and ground cover. That means that this planting works two-ways on my 2022 to-do list . #4 on the list was to 'enhance the IB2DWs strip' and #5 was to 'fall in love with ground cover'. This grass (planted as a single grass for now) is close to the driveway and the bluestone chip gravel path: A few things to note about the photo: first...the seeds from trees (those yellow things) are flush this season. Also, if you look closely at the area where the Prairie Dropseed was planted, you'll see A LOT of clay soil. Related to that clay, if you look at the top left of the photo, you'll see the Chanticleer Pear tree that was replaced and is living in a clay bowl. This