Vulpia myuros seed
LATIN NAME: Vulpia myuros
COMMON NAME: Rattail Fescue
The rattail fescue sweeps the fine, bristly panicles with the narrow, rolled leaves, and the whole grass carries the fine, light look of the dry grassland. The slender, tufted, annual grass carries the narrow, rolled, grey-green leaves and the long, slender, loosely branched, bristly panicles with the many small, narrow spikelets through the late spring, one of the fine, quiet sights of the dry grassland, drawing the bees, to be followed by the many tiny, narrow, brown grains. The fine, light growth has a very long record as the fine, quick cover of the dry lands, and the grass is a fine, historic presence of the dry grassland. It is a grass of the open, sunny, light, free-draining ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The rattail fescue is a historic subject of the plant science, and the bristly panicles keep showing up in the work on the dry-land grasses. The way the long, slender, loosely branched, bristly panicles with the many small, narrow spikelets form on the fine stems has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the dry-land grasses, the rolled leaves and the members of the grass family. The bristly panicles and the quick habit have also made it a fine study grass, and the rattail fescue is a regular subject of the work on the bristly panicles of the cool world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The rattail fescue is a fine, quiet grass of the dry grassland and the study collection. The narrow, rolled, grey-green leaves carry the fine, light look of the dry grassland, one of the fine, quiet sights of the dry grassland, drawing the bees, and the fine, light growth has a very long record as the fine, quick cover of the dry lands, the fine, light hay coming to the dry pastures and the fine, quick cover of the old fields, while the long, slender, loosely branched, bristly panicles with the many small, narrow spikelets rise through the late spring, to be followed by the many tiny, narrow, brown grains. It is one of the fine choices for the dry grassland, the meadow bed and the study collection, and it has been written up in the agricultural and the botanical papers for the quick cover and the fine, light ways. It is a fine, quiet grass of the open, sunny, light, free-draining ground.
The fescue seeds grow well in a light, sandy mix on a bright sill, watered sparingly. The young grasses are tough and quick, and they thrive in the light, free-draining ground of the dry garden without much fuss.
To grow the rattail fescue from seed, sow the tiny, brown seeds sparingly over the surface of the tray of fine, sandy soil, leave them uncovered, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young grasses out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the light, free-draining ground, the bristly panicles will rise over the late spring.