An example of utilizing California native bunch grasses in a roadside urban landscape.


An example of utilizing California native grasses in a roadside urban landscape.

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Landscaping with one gallon container stock of native bunchgrass:
It failed within a year after this picture was taken, why?

This landscape was installed four months prior to this photo being taken, using gallon container stock spaced on 1-2 foot centers, mulched with wood chips and drip-line irrigated. The planting was completely overwhelmed by European annual grasses and exotic weeds less than a year later.

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The Reveg Edge, Box 361 Redwood City, CA.


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