Southwest Native Prairie Grass

This mixture of warm and cool-season grasses grows to a height of 12 to 36 inches. It may be planted alone or with a mixture of wildflowers. This mixture contains:

• Sideoats Grama - Bouteloua curtipendula
• Blue Grama - Bouteloua gracilis
• Plains Bristlegrass - Setaria vulpiseta
• Alkali Sacaton - Sporobolus airoides
• Indian Ricegrass - Achnatherum hymenoides
• Spike Muhly - Muhlenbergia wrightii
• Sand Dropseed - Sporobolus cryptandrus

Planting rate: 1/2 lbs/1,000 square feet 4 lbs./acre when planting with wildflowers 8 lbs./acre grass mix only

Planting times: the best time to plant grass mix is late spring to mid-summer; plant in late spring or early summer if seeding with wildflowers.

Planting range: southern ¼ of California, Arizona, New Mexico (except extreme eastern edge) and the western tip of Texas.