Also, RoadCrest requires less seed to establish a healthy stand, and is shorter in stature, a trait that helps reduce the need for costly mowing. RoadCrest is a descendant of parent plants collected as seed in Turkey and sent to ARS for grass- breeding experiments. In those regions, it is best suited for sites that have mild summer temperatures and receive about 10 to 20 inches of precipitation a year. The state of Utah helped fund the research. Seed should be on sale by the year 2000.
Most gardeners know how to trick bulbs into blooming indoors out of season with refrigeration.
But the Chesapeake series of ornithogalums from ARS research will give flower lovers holiday blossoms without cold treatments.