Rewilding My Lot

Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) is the state grass of Texas, a fact that I only recently learned. It’s a mid-height (2-3 ft) prairie grass that I thought would go well with the other grasses in my “tall grass” area: Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Waco Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans).

I have purchased some Sideoats Grama seed, which I will sow soon. But in the meantime I scored a pot of the same plant from Green Jay Gardens.

The clump of grass was packed tightly into the pot, which I first soaked in a bucket of water for a couple of hours. Then I hacked the clump into three portions and planted them separately.

Here’s a photo of the three types of grass in this area: Sideoats Grama in the center foreground, Waco Indiangrass behind on the left, and Little Bluestem on the right.