Friday, December 9, 2011

Sweet clover

Sweet Clover

Blooming period
-Blooms in spring -
Physical Characteristics  
-Latin name is mellitus Alba
-grow to approximately 6 ½ ft. (2 m) in heigh
-white flower 
-Clover-like leaves
What it Attracts
-the sweet clover attracts butterflies and other beneficial bugs.

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
Switch grass is a warm season grass with open, lacy sprays with small seeds. It blooms August-September. It has Purple Stigmas at flowering time. Switchgrass is a 3-6 foot loose sod former with a large, open, finely textured, reddish-purple seedhead. Fall color is pale yellow. Bright green leaves occur up and down the stem turning bright yellow in fall. Switchgrass is a perennial flower. Grows in large clumps, with many persistent, curly leaves. Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the tallgrass prairie, but also grows along roadsides where moisture is present. The rich, yellow-colored clumps last throughout the winter.