I'm way behind, having entertained company all last weekend.
These grasses you mentioned sound interesting. We're soon opening
another square of pasture and "clearing" it (for me, that means thinning
all the but the very largest conifers, and limbing these up, and leaving
most deciduous trees, except chittem). It's a little wetter down there,
but presently almost no grass grows due to the shade, so it's a good
place to try. I think seed is probably available for these and the
local big-leaf clover. The thing is, it's not so much up to me, as it
is to nature, to decide which grasses will grow best. A grass has to
not only compete with other grasses, but also withstand the summer
drought. My tall fescue that now dominates stays green all summer,
while the "also-ran" cultivar next door at the neighbors' is totally
brown. I didn't even plant it; it sprouted/regrew after my buckwheat
cover crop.
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