Growing Sweet Grass for Incense Braids

Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata) is an aromatic, cool-season perennial growing 10 to 24″ high and spreading about 2′ per year by underground rhizomes. Its natural habitat includes wetlands, prairies and savannas in wet and mesic (medium moisture) soils. Many North American indigenous cultures burned sweet grass in ceremonies to invite the presence of good spirits. [...]