Basket Grass
Wavyleaf basketgrass was first discovered in maryland in 1996 in patapsco valley state park near baltimore md.
Basket grass. Basketgrass is the common name of a species of oplismenus a weed commonly found in shady lawns and landscapes it is also known as woodsgrass jewgrass and wavyleaf basketgrass. If the blades appear frost damaged or show signs of wind or time abuse simply trim back to 6 to 8 inches from the ground and the blades will spring back wonderfully. This nursery focused on organic gardening grew the plant in its own greenhouses and is now forced to go out of business after 68 years.
Eulalia is native to the orient. A few weeks later though the grass returns undaunted by our efforts to eliminate it. I have been buying this lovely plant variegated basket grass for years in small pots from a family owned nursery sprainbrook here in westchester county ny.
Is troubled by few insect or disease issues. It was first identified in tennessee in 1919. It has since spread through maryland and virginia showing many of the qualities of a successful and damaging invasive species.
Basketgrass is a weed i have been battling for years. Oplismenus hirtellus commonly known as basket grass is a flowering perennial plant from the family poaceae that can be found on every continent in the world except antarctica growing mostly in coastal tropic and subtropic regions as well as tropical and subtropical islands such as hawaii new zealand australia and madagascar. Basket grass is a hardy perennial in usda growing zones 7 to 11.
Oplismenus undulatifolius commonly known as wavyleaf basketgrass is a species of perennial grass from the family poaceae that is native to eurasia specifically southern europe through southern asia due to its invasive nature it can be found in countries such as pakistan punjab kashmir china japan korea india australia south africa and has since been introduced to the mid. Many species of oplismenus grow in central florida and oplismenus setarius is a native perennial while oplismenus hirtellus is an introduced exotic.