Arrhenatherum

Gail, Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening wrote this in her email to us: And finally, on a completely different topic, I already grow the ribbon grass that Frances gave to everyone, but I know it as variegated bulbous oat grass, Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum ‘Variegatum’.

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He recommends the "tall oat grass" (Arrhenatherum avenaceum) and the Texas mesquit grass (Holcus lanatus) introduced from England, called also velvet grass and white timothy.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863

Bulbous oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum 'Variegatum

Edhat Santa Barbara 2010