Splitting Blue-Eyed Grass - Ask Extension
Hi there,
I just bought a gallon size container of Lucerne blue-eyed grass.
Can i split this gallon before planting? Or should I plant the whole...
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Splitting Blue-Eyed Grass #869123
Asked May 19, 2024, 3:50 PM EDT
Hi there,
I just bought a gallon size container of Lucerne blue-eyed grass.
Can i split this gallon before planting? Or should I plant the whole gallon?
Thank you,
Leslie
Montgomery County Maryland
Expert Response
Hello; Thanks for submitting your garden and landscape questions to the University of Maryland Ask Extension Service.
Please see this University of Wisconsin Extension webpage on blue-eyed grass https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/blue-eyed-grass-sisyrinchium/.
Also see this UMd Extension webpage on the lifespan of blue-eyed grass: https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=844719#:~:text=In%20the%20wild%2C%20Blue%2Deyed,long%20as%20it's%20not%20soggy.
To answer your question directly, yes, you should be able to carefully break apart your gallon container into clumps containing blue-eyed grass plants. They prefer growing in part shade to full sun in moist, poor soils. In fertile soil the plants will fall and perform less well.
Good luck in your landscaping efforts. Thanks; Christopher
Please see this University of Wisconsin Extension webpage on blue-eyed grass https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/blue-eyed-grass-sisyrinchium/.
Also see this UMd Extension webpage on the lifespan of blue-eyed grass: https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=844719#:~:text=In%20the%20wild%2C%20Blue%2Deyed,long%20as%20it's%20not%20soggy.
To answer your question directly, yes, you should be able to carefully break apart your gallon container into clumps containing blue-eyed grass plants. They prefer growing in part shade to full sun in moist, poor soils. In fertile soil the plants will fall and perform less well.
Good luck in your landscaping efforts. Thanks; Christopher
