I have a neighbor who owns a piece of property where the house had burned down 40 years ago. Like many folks at that time, the house had eucalyptus trees around it. When it burned down the eucalyptus seed spread for a quarter mile. Now those trees adjoin my property, even hanging over it in places. Why should I have to pay the time and money to deal the consequences if those trees burn and the seeds sprout all over my land?
I have no love for the police state tactics of the County of Santa Cruz, but if someone had been paying more attention to imported plant material we wouldn't have blackened, dying madrones or sudden oak death. America would still have chestnuts and elms.
It's just grass seeds; fescue, blue grass, etc. Nothing exotic. I want to find out where there is a LIST in this county of things we cannot grow. I realize the danger of exotics, and this is NOT the case.
Grazer Orchard grass Blend - Early, Medium, and Late Varieties
We have blended together three different orchard grass varieties to give you a pasture that will develop at three different stages. This blend of Amba, Progress, and Athos orchard grasses make a winter hardy and drought tolerant blend.
Amba is a very winterhardy and thoroughly proven orchardgrass sold to many countries in the world where early abundant forage production is important. A key benefit of Amba is that the digestibility is higher than many other early maturing orchardgrass varieties. Amba is resistant to diseases such as Mastigosporium and rust. Amba has the ability to tolerate hard night frosts after spring growth has started. Amba has been trialed with good results as it has outperformed older varieties such as potomac. Amba performs well in mixtures with other grasses and legumes, making it a vey desirable item for blends with other grasses and legumes.
Progress is a medium maturing cultivar with strong resistance to stripe rust and moderate resistance to scid. Progress has produced good forage yields and has persisted well under difficult environmental conditions. With excellent disease resistance and winter hardiness along with long stand life and excellent stand density make this orchardgrass excellent for continued cutting and grazing.
Athos is one of the latest maturing varieties available on the market, with a heading date that is usually about a week later than Pennlate. The excellent disease resistance and good winterhardiness of Athos combine to give long stand life and good stand density. Athos is also noted for having good fall growth, which translates to an even yield distribution the entire growing season.