Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis (boo-te-LOO-uh gra-SILL-is)
With the help of Jim Hanson, board member of the Calif. Native Grasslands Assoc., we planted B. gracilis plugs and seeds on May 13, 2011. We planted the 'Hachita' variety on one side and a shorter accession on the other, at 5 in. spacing. We also seeded in these areas. It's not necessary to plant both plugs and seeds, but it gives us a sense for how the plants look early on, and the seed will fill in the spaces. Seeding is far cheaper and less time consuming than planting plugs at 5 in. apart.
![]() Jim Hanson and Ria DeBiase planting blue grama plugs, May 2011 |
![]() Blue grama after plugs/seeds planted; taller Hachita on right |