It's common in wild mid grass prairies here. Dalea emerges fairly late in the spring. Young shoots look rather puny, and at least in Minnesota, I would not categorize it as a high biomass producer for fodder. Although, I would certainly think it would be very nutritional. I grow Dalea candida in my garden, which is almost the same but with white flowers. It must be taprooted as my oldest plant (12 years) still grows from a central point and only covers a 20" diameter area, with about two dozen stems. In the wild, a plant will only produce 1-10 stems. I might suggest you interplant both species. They will not cross breed. I'd be happy to supply you with candida seed, but I'm not sure how a northern strain might do in Georgia. Dalea does well and looks good interplanted with other prairie forbes and short to mid grasses.
