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  • BAT GUANO WITH HUMATE - Improve the condition of your soil and plants with a mix of bat guano and humic acid. We have combined two of the best natural soil additives into one product! This mix can be applied directly to flowerbeds or turf grasses. We sell in retail quantities of 10# for $16 or 40# for $55.  Bulk pricing available.

  • BLACKJACK BERMUDAGRASS offers a deep dark green color, strong drought tolerance, and quick traffic recovery. This low maintenance Bermudagrass provides a carpet like density and once established has good cold tolerance. For best results it needs 6-8 hours of sunlight with a mowing height of 1 ½ to 2 inches.

  • LABLAB - is a warm season annual legume that will tolerate a wide variety of soils and produces high quality forage that can exceed 30% protein (dry matter) with an excellent balance of calcium to phosphorus. We have it in stock and ready for pick up or delivery, but quantities are limited. Please call for current prices and availability.

PlantingCalendar

  • These planting dates can help you plan ahead and give you the best chance at success.  They are given as general guidance but do not guarantee any success, ever.  Please call for more specific guidance. 

  • February 15th to August 1st.

    Warm season annual grasses/forbs: Haygrazers, LabLab, etc.

  • February 15th to June 15th

    King’s Dove and Quail Mix:  Plant in May or June for maturity in September.  King's Spring Annual Legume Mix

  • March 1st to May 31st, August 15th to September 30th.

    Bermudagrass Lawns and Pastures:  Either can be planted throughout the summer if sufficient irrigation is available. 

  • March 1st to May 31st, August 15th to September 30th.

    Warm Season perennial grasses/forbs for Rangeland or Pasture

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Arizona Cottontop, La Salle

La Salle Arizona cottontop is a warm season perennial bunchgrass native to southern Texas. The seed heads measure 2 to 5 inches and bears a number of fluffy white seeds. Plants are 3 to 5 feet in height and can produce the cotton-like seedheads throughout ...

Big Bluestem

Big Bluestem is a native warm season perennial grass that forms 3 inch purple or green seed heads. It is a very tall and erect grass. Big Bluestem tends to grow in dense stands and has a very deep root system. It provides excellent forage for cattle and m ...

Blue Grama

A native perennial, warm-season, densely tufted short bunchgrass with a leafy base. Numerous narrow leaf-blades, slender upright seed-stems 1-2 feet tall, usually 2 spikes (sometimes 1 or 3), and numerous spikelet. A very palatable grass, it forms a dense ...

Bristlegrass, Catarina

The Catarina blend of bristlegrass is a commercial blend of four bristlegrass collections from South Texas. One component is a plains bristlegrass, the other three components are streambed bristlegrass. These species of bristlegrass are native, perennial ...

Bristlegrass, Plains

A native perennial, warm-season, densely tufted bunchgrass growing 1-3 feet tall with light-green, tender leaves. It has spike-like panicles 4-6 inches long with many bristles protruding. In its native state, it is frequently found on extremely dry sites ...

Buffalograss

A native, warm-season, perennial sod-forming grass with creeping stolons which root at the leafy nodes. Stems are 4-10 inches tall; leaves fine and abundant. The male and the female plants grow in separate colonies; female plants bear seed in bur-like clu ...

Curly Mesquite

A native, warm-season, perennial sod-forming grass with creeping stolons which root at the leafy nodes. Stems are 4-10 inches tall; leaves fine and abundant. This grass is currently available in limited quantities and used primarily in a mix for native ...

Eastern Gamagrass

Eastern Gamagrass is a native, warm-season, perennial bunchgrass that grows between 2 to 4 ft. tall. It is a tall, leafy, vigorous, and a high forage producer. It is considered a highly palatable grass relished by livestock which is why it has all but dis ...

False Rhodesgrass, Kinney

False Rhodesgrass is a native, warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It is also commonly known as Two-flower Trichloris. It grows 1 to 2 feet tall, with leaves 3 to 8 inches long. False Rhodesgrass grows best on sand to sandy loam soils. It will tolerate soi ...

Green Sprangletop

Green Sprangletop is a native, perennial, warm-season bunchgrass with fibrous roots. It grows erect 1-3 ft. tall; the inflorescence finally drooping and pale after maturity. It is adapted as far north as the Texas Panhandle, south into Mexico, and promine ...

Hairy Grama, Chaparral

Hairy Grama is a warm season perennial grass native to southern Texas. The low-growing dense bunchgrass grows 1-2 1/2 feet tall. Hairy Grama will persist on sand, sandy loam, clay, and clay loam soil types. It is compatible in plantings with other native ...

Hooded Windmillgrass, Mariah

Hooded Windmillgrass is a native, perennial bunchgrass with a mature foliage height ranging from 0.5 to 1 foot and total height of about 2 feet. Hooded Windmillgrass is recommended for use in roadside plantings, critical site re-vegetation, and rangeland ...

Indiangrass, Cheyenne

A native perennial, warm-season, bunchgrass with short rhizomes and rather coarse stems. A robust, vigorous plant, 3-8 feet tall, with coarse leaves blue to pea-green colored and panicles 8-12 inches long, bronze to yellow colored. Flowers in late Septemb ...

Indiangrass, Lometa

A native perennial, warm-season, bunchgrass with short rhizomes and rather coarse stems. A robust, vigorous plant, 3-8 feet tall, with coarse leaves blue to pea-green colored and panicles 8-12 inches long, bronze to yellow colored. Flowers in late Septemb ...

Inland Sea Oats

Inland Sea Oats is a native, perennial, warm season grass that is used occasionally for restoration projects and is fairly shade tolerant. It does not tolerate grazing or excessive sunlight very well. In nature it is usually found growing sparsely in draw ...

Little Bluestem

A native, warm-season, perennial mid-bunchgrass that grows between 2 to 4 ft. tall with flattened sheaths. It is a tall, leafy, vigorous, late-maturing plant and a high forage producer. Until recently it was grossly underrated by Texas stockmen, but now i ...

Lovegrass, Sand

Sand lovegrass is a warm-season, short-lived, perennial bunch grass. The height ranges from 2-1/2 to 5 feet. The seedhead has a large open and purplish panicle and spikelets mostly 4 to 6 flowered. Sand Lovegrass is usually used as part of a range plantin ...

Pink Pappusgrass, Maverick

Maverick Germplasm is a blend of 7 populations of pink pappusgrass (Pappophorum bicolor E. Fourn.) from the South Texas Plains. Pink pappusgrass is a co-dominant bunchgrass found on a variety of soils in the region. Plant in early spring or late summer i ...

Purple Three Awn

Purple Threeawn is a native, warm season annual or short lived perennial. It is usually found in overgrazed or disturbed areas and is thus occasionally used in reclamation projects. Seed is hard to harvest, clean and plant so production and availabil ...

Sand Dropseed

Sand Dropseed is a warm-season, short-lived, perennial bunch grass. The height ranges from 2 to 3 feet. Sand Dropseed is usually planted in a mix with other native rangeland grasses. Planting rate is 1 PLS pound per acre.