Briza maxima Quaking Grass seed
LATIN NAME: Briza maxima
COMMON NAME: Quaking Grass
The quaking grass is a delicate, airy annual grass of the gardens, and its many small, pendulous, heart-shaped spikelets have made it one of the most charming of the ornamental grasses. It grows as an annual grass, reaching up to half a metre or a little more, with the slender, upright, slightly nodding stems bearing the narrow, pale-green leaves and, through the summer, the many small, broad, pendulous, heart-shaped, papery spikelets that tremble and quake in the least breeze, followed by the dry, golden seed heads. It is a species of the grass in the Poaceae family, and it is native to the southern Europe, the western Asia and the northern Africa, while it is grown in the gardens of the world, and it is known as the quaking grass or the rattlesnake grass.
The quaking grass belongs to the grass family, Poaceae, and it is a species of the annual grass, native to the southern Europe, the western Asia and the northern Africa, while it is grown as an ornamental and a cut grass, and it is known as the quaking grass. It is prized for its many small, pendulous, heart-shaped, papery spikelets that tremble in the breeze.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The quaking grass has a real and gentle place in the research. It has been studied in the horticulture, since its delicate, airy, pendulous spikelets and its long season of the bloom have made it a beloved grass of the border and the meadow garden, and researchers have examined its growth, its flowering and its value in the garden, while its charming, trembling heads have drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a grass of the border. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the dry, sunny grasslands of the old world, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the meadow have been examined, while the ecology of the annual grasses of the region has been of continuing interest, and the study of the wild grasses has been of value to the gardeners. The species has also been studied in the genetics, since its forms differ in their size and their spikelets, and the relationships among the briza grasses have been examined, while the breeding of the ornamental lines has been of continuing interest. For a grass of such charm, the quaking grass has a gentle and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the quaking grass is a generous plant of the meadow. Its small, papery spikelets feed the seed-eating birds, and its airy, leafy clumps give a light cover, while its delicate, trembling heads add a gentle movement to the border and the meadow. Set among the flowers of the border or the wildflower meadow, it nods and trembles with every passing breath of air, and its dry, golden heads hold their shape long into the winter.
Its economic value is real. The quaking grass is prized for its delicate, trembling, papery spikelets, and its charm has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a grass of the border, while its dry, golden heads have also been loved in the dried-flower arrangements. For a grower, the quaking grass is an easy and rewarding grass, and for a gardener it brings a delicate, airy, trembling grass to the border. The seeds are easy to start — press them gently into the surface of moist, free-draining compost in the light, keep them lightly watered, and they’ll be sprouting readily, growing on into a delicate, airy, quaking grass.
for combination planters or landscape
beautiful grass that gets tan to brown seed heads that look like the rattles on the tails of rattlesnakes, and great green foliage. These ornamental grasses have gained in popularity in recent years, and they would make excellent additions to your rare plant collection, or just make a unique statement in your yard.