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Saturday - March 20, 2004
From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Managing Roadsides
Title: Managing Roadsides
Answered by: Sage Kawecki
QUESTION:
I’d like to plant some wildflowers as part of a community or roadside project. Will you provide the seeds or grant money?ANSWER:
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center educates people about the environmental necessity, economic value and natural beauty of native plants. As a national non-profit, we seek grants to develop our own projects and do not yet have such a program in place by which to disburse seeds or grant monies.More Managing Roadsides Questions
Non-invasive alternatives to winter rye
August 20, 2004 - Re-vegetation requirements include winter rye, which is considered by some to be invasive to native wildflowers planted along the roadway. Is winter rye considered invasive to native wildflowers?
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Plantings of Castilleja in Texas
April 04, 2012 - I am a graduate student interested in studying different species of paintbrush (Castilleja) in Texas. I understand that the Texas Dept of Transportation has been seeding wildflowers along Texas highwa...
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Pictures of Bastard Cabbage from Dallas TX
April 07, 2012 - HI! Re your March 12 posting:
The USDA Plants website pictures two very different looking plants identified as Rapistrum rugosum (bastardcabbage). Would you please post a photo with leaf and bloom ...
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Roadside plants as absorbers of carbon dioxide
February 13, 2007 - If plants absorb carbon dioxide why aren't they on a list of things to do to combat Global Warming?
If we had more plants on the sides of our roads and highways would it help?
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Wildflowers being mowed in Canyon TX
June 03, 2012 - Can I receive a letter from someone there to put up in our neighborhood? I live in an area very close to Palo Duro Canyon. A developer out here mows down the wildflowers along the one lane road. It ...
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