Purus frumentum Seeds | Purus Grain
LATIN NAME: Purus frumentum
COMMON NAME: Purus Frumentum, Small Grain
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Purus Frumentum, Purus frumentum is an upright, annual in the grass family. Purus frumentum is a small-grain seed of warm grasslands, and its slender stalks and its light seed heads have made it a quiet grain of fields and gardens where it is grown. Add these qualities together and you have a species well worth a place in the garden.
Science & Biotechnology
Seed science, comparative botany and horticultural selection all touch on Purus frumentum, a representative of the grass family with clear practical value. Purus frumentum has a real and growing place in research. In practice, its long garden history means the grower inherits a plant of known and dependable habits.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Purus Frumentum for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. Ecologically, purus frumentum is a quick-growing grass of fields and garden rotations. To raise purus frumentum, sow seeds in pots of moist, open soil in a sunny, warm place, keep them gently watered, and grow little grasses on in the sun. Given the right start, it carries on with minimal intervention.
Like the best garden herbs, it rewards growers twice: once in the garden with scent and pollinators, and again in the home as a traditional household herb.
Growing from Seed
Seed is the natural starting point for Purus Frumentum, and the process is uncomplicated. Surface-sow onto a light, well-drained compost, dust over a thin covering, and keep evenly moist and sunny until the seedlings show. Move strong seedlings into individual pots, keep them in good light, and set them out when the weather and their size agree.
Our Take
Being an upright, annual, it asks for a permanent spot and repays it yearly. Careful watering early on is rewarded by toughness at maturity.
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