This week, Master Gardeners received many questions about soil erosion and where people could get native grass seed or rice straw. Using rice straw for erosion control has some advantages because ...

If this is the case you might consider using a non-native erosion-control mix that contains rye grass and crimson clover. These tend to sprout up quickly, even now when soil temperatures are ...

Harris County officials are experimenting with replacing Saint Augustine and Bermuda grass to create a native seed mix for flood control.

You are certainly right to think about planting grasses there since, because of their extensive fibrous root systems, they are the ideal plants for erosion control.

Q: I'm trying to prevent erosion with some deep-rooting shrubs (shorter than 10 feet mature height). I prefer natives. I live in Waldport, a half mile from the coast on a hillside prone to ...

S&S Seeds and Pacific Coast Seed, among others, each of which provides native seeds to a diverse group of landowners, energy companies, state & federal agencies, environmental engineers, and ...

Santa Cruz County Erosion Control Mix, with seed selected especially for Santa Cruz conditions, is available from local garden centers and farm supply houses.

California seed collectors help restore areas devastated by wildfires, flooding Hedgerow Farms sells wild seed mixes to regrow native plants ...

NativeSeed, which mainly operates in the Rocky Mountain states and the Pacific Coast, areas battered by extreme weather, provides seed and erosion control services to a wide range of markets ...

Most of the Pacific Coast irises, or Pacificas, sold in Southern California are from a single species, Iris douglasiana, pictured above planted with coral bells at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden ...