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Thanks mm, I thought I remembered you were North, but not sure.
Why not add to your plants and have a "tall grass prairie garden"?
First put in some Echinacea, Purple Cone Flower. Birds love the seeds.
Then add a few grasses: Switch Grass, Panicum
Indian Grass, Sorghastrum (beautiful)
Big Bluestem, Andropogon
Feather Reed Grass, Calamagrostis
Maybe some Milkweed for the Butterflies
You might even try Purple Prairie Clover, Petalostemon/Dalea
It will add Nitrogen to the soil.


I (hopefully) will have some purple coneflower coming back in another part
of the yard. I will work through the list of grasses. I was actually
thinking of red sorghum.

How do you feel about goldenrod (or how do your neighbors feel about it?)
It does not cause hay fever. There are some really beautiful cultivars
available now, and it is a great additon to the garden. Butterflies love
it and birds eat the seeds. I have 3 kinds, of various heights.


I am a little scared of goldenrod. It may not cause hayfever but at least
the wild stuff that grows around here I am definitely allergic to. I will
check out the cultivars though.

Emilie
Nor Cal


Thanks!