Wild rice seed

LATIN NAME: Zizania latifolia

COMMON NAME: Wild Rice

The wild rice is the tall, waving grass of the shallow waters, and the fine, feathery heads rise above the broad, arching leaves. The tall, rhizomatous, perennial grass carries the broad, arching, strap-shaped leaves and the open, feathery panicles of the fine flowers through the late summer, to be followed by the slender, dark grains of the heads, one of the fine, bold sights of the water garden. The grains have a long record as the fine, nutty rice of the old lakes, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the water garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, shallow, muddy ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The wild rice is a historic subject of the plant science, and the feathery heads keep showing up in the work on the aquatic grasses. The way the plant stands in the shallow water and sets the slender grains has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the aquatic grasses, the grain crops and the members of the grass family. The broad, arching leaves and the tall habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the wild rice is a regular subject of the work on the nutty grains of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The wild rice is a fine, historic plant of the water garden and the shallow lake. The slender, dark grains of the heads have a long record as the fine, nutty rice of the old lakes, harvested into the long, dark grains of the old tables and simmered into the nutty pilafs of the warm kitchens, and the tall, arching leaves give the fine, green curtain of the water. The plant is one of the fine choices for the water garden, the pond edge and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the nutty grains and the long history. It is a fine, historic plant of the open, sunny, shallow, muddy garden.

Keep the shallow water clean around the young plants, and the grains will set in the late summer.

To grow the wild rice from seed, sow the small, narrow seeds a couple of centimetres down in a pot of fine seed compost, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the shallow water. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the shallow, muddy ground, the feathery heads will rise through the late summer.

Wild rice

Zizania palustris

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