Growing Spartina Alterniflora: Suggestions/Contacts
Conversing with Joanie McLean of Mellow Marsh Farm in North Carolina unearthed the following… Spartina Alterniflora is hard to grow from seed, and particularly hard to winter over. Seeds need to be watered and drained frequently to simulate the tide. When watered, they must be fully saturated with water and then drained completely. Because it’s […]
grasses
lets start with getting some smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora maybe can be found here: http://www.grownativemass.org/resources/nurseries here is a very interesting description of hte birth of a salt marsh “A salt marsh is “born” by the arrival of a seed or the rafting of a plant of the cord grass Spartina alterniflora. The grass spreads asexually […]