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California native of the week: The Canyon Prince cultivar of wild rye (Leymus condensatus) is a blue-leaved grass, which will, like many ornamental grasses, last for a year or more in a dry arrangement.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
There are salvias, yarrow, buckwheat, deergrass and California wild rye in spaces that get a lot of sun, while leopard plants with daisylike yellow flowers get some shade and moisture by being close to the house.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Here, the organization has planted purple needle grass, wild rose, sage, giant wild rye and creeping rye.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit organization Save the Bay planted the transition zone along the edges of the marsh with tidal plants like marsh gum plant and creeping wild rye, creating habitat for endangered salt marsh harvest mice and other animals to retreat during high tide.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2024
To encourage only native plants to grow, Paul and her team dug pits into the eucalyptus mulch down to the soil layer and planted species grown in the reserve’s native nursery, including California goldenrod and creeping wild rye.
—Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
Bartell says the drawdown will threaten his field of shoulder-high wild rye that taps into the groundwater and sustains his cattle through the late summer and fall.
—Daniel Moore, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
Broomstraw, wild rye, fescue, no longer wait for my feet and four wheels.
—WSJ, 3 June 2022
Both are types of wild rye (‘Arlington’ and ‘Elkton’).
—oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2021
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
There are salvias, yarrow, buckwheat, deergrass and California wild rye in spaces that get a lot of sun, while leopard plants with daisylike yellow flowers get some shade and moisture by being close to the house.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Here, the organization has planted purple needle grass, wild rose, sage, giant wild rye and creeping rye.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit organization Save the Bay planted the transition zone along the edges of the marsh with tidal plants like marsh gum plant and creeping wild rye, creating habitat for endangered salt marsh harvest mice and other animals to retreat during high tide.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2024
To encourage only native plants to grow, Paul and her team dug pits into the eucalyptus mulch down to the soil layer and planted species grown in the reserve’s native nursery, including California goldenrod and creeping wild rye.
—Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
Bartell says the drawdown will threaten his field of shoulder-high wild rye that taps into the groundwater and sustains his cattle through the late summer and fall.
—Daniel Moore, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
Broomstraw, wild rye, fescue, no longer wait for my feet and four wheels.
—WSJ, 3 June 2022
Both are types of wild rye (‘Arlington’ and ‘Elkton’).
—oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2021
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“Wild rye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20rye. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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