Things sometimes just appear in your garden. Did they come
in on the wind? Perhaps they hitchhiked in via another plant? Two-flower
melicgrass (Melica mutica) showed up
several years ago. A tall, open grass, it was attractive and I let it be. I
didn’t know the name of it at the time.
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| Each spikelet may contain 2 fertile florets |
This year I noticed that it was in a few more of the beds, still light and airy. Through a friend I got it identified (yes, I reach out to people who I know are more knowledgeable just like many of my friends ask me for help). I have a number of other unknown grasses that pop up, some of them clearly annuals, others return each year. After I retire, I plan to research some of the others.
This two-flower melicgrass was just too interesting to wait
any longer for an id.
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| Flower spikes are long |
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| The leaves are quite plain and unremarkable |
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