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Soft Brome (Conv.)

€12.90

Soft Brome is an elegant, annual tussock-forming grass. Can be used as forage grass and feed grain and can help prevent erosion and improve soil quality. Price per kg. More details below.

Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)

Soft Brome is a annual or biennial native grass, found in meadows, pastures and cultivated ground. It grows relatively tall with grey-green leaves and loosely clustered flower heads. Sometimes considered a weed in cereal crops and on arable land. 

  • Flowers are wind pollinated
  • The small tussocks remain green throughout the winter
  • Adaptable to a wide range of soils 
  • Adapts well to climatic variations
  • Once used as a grain crop
  • Can be challenging to manage and control it from spreading  
  • Competes with native vegetation if not managed correctly
  • Height: 80cm
  • Seed - sow spring or autumn 
  • Germination should take place within 2 weeks
  • It flowers and seeds from May to August 
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