The Garden Helper home page Gardening guides for the novice gardener There is no such thing as I Cant Grow a Plant What should you be doing in the garden this month? Join the friendliest group of gardeners on the web! Free flower, nature, and critter screensavers! Free flower and nature photos for your desktop wallpaper A growing collection of recipes for Christmas cookies and other good things to eat! An Encyclopedia of Gardening Guides and Plant Profiles
Willy World Post New Topic  Post A Reply
login | | |

  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» Willy World » Gardening Reference » Gardening in 2007 » What Kind of Grass Is This??? Or is it something else altogether?

   
Author Topic: What Kind of Grass Is This??? Or is it something else altogether?
ms8miranda
Great Gardener
Member # 2422

Icon 5 posted      Profile for ms8miranda     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
I live in South Dakota. I noticed an unusual grass growing in my yard this year. The grass grows from one spot and has a pattern on one side of the blades. The blades are kind of triangular shaped. Does anyone know what this is? (Check out the pict below)

Unusual Grass Picture
Posts: 36 | From: South Dakota | Registered: May 2004  |  Logged: 24.111.230.202
alankhart
Super Gardener
Member # 7

Icon 1 posted      Profile for alankhart     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Sorta looks like a type of yucca?

bbbbbbbbb
-
-
-
Posts: 699 | From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Logged: 65.6.35.119
netty
Super Gardener
Member # 5851

Icon 1 posted      Profile for netty     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
My red hot poker has triangular shaped leaves...could it be one of those? [dunno]

bbbbbbbbb
-
-
Posts: 757 | From: Ontario | Registered: Jun 2005  |  Logged: 165.154.18.155
joclyn
guests


Icon 1 posted            Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
i agree with alan. looks like it might be a yucca.

funny that it showed up out of nowhere - pretty big for first year growth. maybe you didn't notice it last year?

do you see this plant growing anywhere else in the general vicinity (i'm thinking the seeds were in bird droppings)? or did you plant something near where this appeared (it may have been in the soil of the other plant)? or, it might not be yucca...it may be some type of grass...i'm not familiar with your area and what is native there.
Logged: 68.238.176.160
G~mom
The Dingbat's Buddy
Member # 2294

Icon 1 posted      Profile for G~mom     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
It does somewhat resemble a yucca,but I just don't think it is.

What is the texture of the plant? Are the leaves hard or soft? Are the edges of the leaves serrated?

G~Mom

bbbbbbbbb
-
-

-
Posts: 10778 | From: Jacksonville,Florida | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Logged: 24.129.86.170
ms8miranda
Great Gardener
Member # 2422

Icon 1 posted      Profile for ms8miranda     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
The leaves (or blades) are soft so I'm sure it's not Yucca. The leaves aren't serrated. It's not really that big - I just took a real close-up pict of it.

I just went outside and measured one of the blades (leaves) and it was 17-1/2 inches long.

I saw a couple of them by the house just starting to come up this Spring and thought they were quack grass and sprayed them. Then I noticed the 'blades' all grew from one spot so when I saw one popping up among my flowers, I let it grow.
Posts: 36 | From: South Dakota | Registered: May 2004  |  Logged: 24.111.230.202
Thornius
The Bird Man
Member # 5603

Icon 1 posted      Profile for Thornius     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
NO TIME TO TELL YOU, ms8. RUN GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! [scaredy] [scaredy] THAT IS THE VERY DANGEROUS Y AAAAARrrrghhhh....... (Thorn is overcome by the strange plants spores)

bbbbbbbbb
-
-
A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess.
Posts: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Logged: 72.154.196.194
Carly
Garden Pro!
Member # 3052

Icon 1 posted      Profile for Carly     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Why? What's it gonna' do? Eat her for lunch if she doesn't feed it?

bbbbbbbbb
-
When sorting seeds, do not whistle.
Posts: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Logged: 69.194.112.206
margaret e. pell
Super Gardener
Member # 4427

Icon 1 posted      Profile for margaret e. pell     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
It looks like salsify to me. If you break the tip off a leaf, does it have white, milky sap like a dandilion? If yes, it's salsify.

bbbbbbbbb
-

may God bless the WHOLE world!
Posts: 601 | From: Rhinebeck, NY USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Logged: 68.199.184.133
   

Quick Reply
Message:

HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.

Instant Graemlins
     


Post New Topic  Post A Reply Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
- Printer-friendly view of this topic
Hop To:


The Garden Helper | Privacy Statement

Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2