100+ Seeds, Bottlebrush Grass Seed, Eastern Bottlebrush Grass Seed, Elymus hystrix Seed, FREE SHIPPING

This is a listing for 100+ Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) seeds grown and collected by me on private land in Southern Illinois. This is a native eco type, like all the USA native plants and seeds offered in my shop.

Elymus hystrix, known as eastern bottlebrush grass, or bottle-brush-grass, is a bunchgrass in the grass family, Poaceae. It is native to the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada.

Most native wildflower seeds need to be cold stratified before they will germinate. All wildflower seeds offered in my shop come with sowing instructions and cold stratification requirements.

Bottlebrush Grass seeds need 4 weeks of cold/wet stratification. There a several ways to cold stratify your seeds. You could direct sow them into your garden fall-late winter, plant them in pots outside fall- early winter (look up winter sowing jug method!), or place the seeds into a sealed container with moist sand in the refrigerator for the required amount of time (in this case 4 weeks) and then divide them into individual pots for transplants once seedlings are big enough to handle.

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Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Root Type: Fibrous
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Shape: Linear
Leaf Venation: Parallel
Fruit Type: Caryopsis
Size Notes: Up to about 5 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NM , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Canada: MB , NB , NS , ON , QC
Native Distribution: Manitoba east to Nova Scotia, south to Georgia, west to Oklahoma, and north to North Dakota.
Native Habitat: Woods
Growing Conditions
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry , Moist
Soil Description: Loam
Benefit
Use Ornamental: A grass that does well in a woodland garden with other species that grow in filtered light
Conspicuous Flowers: yes
Attracts: Butterflies
Larval Host: Northern Pearly Eye, (Enodia anthedon)

All precious native seeds listed in this shop are grown on private land in Southern Illinois for the purpose of ensuring their future distribution and growth.

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