Lolium perenne seed

LATIN NAME: Lolium perenne

COMMON NAME: Perennial Ryegrass

The ryegrass fills the meadow with the dense, fine, green blades, and the slender, green flower spikes rise above them. The tufted, short-lived, perennial grass carries the dense tufts of the fine, bright-green, folded blades and the slender, two-rowed, green flower spikes through the early summer, one of the fine, steady sights of the meadow and the lawn, holding the ground with the ease. The grass has a very long record as the fine, quick ground cover and the fodder of the cool pastures, and it is a fine, historic presence of the meadow. It is a grass of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The ryegrass is a historic subject of the plant science, and the fine blades keep showing up in the work on the pasture grasses. The way the dense tufts of the fine, bright-green blades form the quick, thick sward has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the pasture grasses, the lawn grasses and the members of the grass family. The two-rowed flower spikes and the tufted habit have also made it a fine study grass, and the ryegrass is a regular subject of the work on the fine blades of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The ryegrass is a fine, steady grass of the meadow and the pasture. The dense tufts of the fine, bright-green blades form the quick, thick sward, holding the ground against the wear of the feet and the hoofs, while the slender, two-rowed, green flower spikes rise through the early summer, and the grass comes to the fodder, the hay and the lawn mixes of the cool pastures. It is one of the fine choices for the meadow, the lawn and the study collection, and it has been written up in the agricultural and the botanical papers for the fine blades and the very long history. It is a fine, steady grass of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Sow in the early spring or the autumn for the thick sward, and the blades will close over in the first season.

To grow the ryegrass from seed, sow the small, slender seeds a little under the surface of the row of fine, moist soil, keep the row in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a week or two and grow on fast, closing over the ground. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the fine blades will fill the meadow through the early summer.