Early one morning last month I was out watering and snapped a photo of my Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron’ (aka Japanese Blood Grass), lit by the sun.
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Before I posted the photo to Instagram I checked to make sure I had the name spelled correctly and pulled up the Missouri Botanical Garden website, where they identified it as "one of the ten worst weeds in the world." Wow, that's a serious claim.
Earlier this week I pulled into a parking lot and saw this...
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That's a pretty consistent behavior! (we must break free!) I wonder if it will continue down the side of the retaining wall blocks, growing through each and every crack? That could create quite the interesting pattern.
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Weather Diary, Sept 18: Hi 68, Low 55/ Precip .17"
All material © 2009-2019 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
Before I posted the photo to Instagram I checked to make sure I had the name spelled correctly and pulled up the Missouri Botanical Garden website, where they identified it as "one of the ten worst weeds in the world." Wow, that's a serious claim.
Earlier this week I pulled into a parking lot and saw this...
That's a pretty consistent behavior! (we must break free!) I wonder if it will continue down the side of the retaining wall blocks, growing through each and every crack? That could create quite the interesting pattern.
Weather Diary, Sept 18: Hi 68, Low 55/ Precip .17"
All material © 2009-2019 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.