BOTANICAL: Briza maxima

PRONOUNCED: BREE-zhuh MAKS-ih-muh

COMMON: Quaking grass

SEEDHEADS
LIGHT
ZONE
Early summer
Full sun
Annual ornamental grass

SIZE: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

TYPE: Ornamental Grass

SOIL: Average-fertility, moist soil

COMMENTS: A cool season annual from the Mediterranean which is a wonderful addition to the beds, as well as for dried arrangements. The stems rise stiffly above tufted plants with panicles of oval spikelets which dangle on threadlike stems and resemble puffed wheat. Do not allow to dry out while the plants are small. Can be sown by seed directly in early spring.

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