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Sweet Vernal Grass (Conv.)

€57.60

Sweet Vernal Grass is a native, short lived perennial. It is one of the earliest grasses to flower in the year, smelling of freshly mown grass and hay. Price is per kg. More details below.

Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)

This sweetly scented grass is commonly found in meadows, acid grasslands, woodland margins, heaths, moors and sand dunes. Tufted grass with cylindrical, densely packed flower spikes that prefers sandy loam and acidic conditions.

  • Aromatic when crushed or drying
  • It prefers dry or moist soil
  • Prefers full sun
  • Pollinated by wind
  • Slow to establish
  • Height:10-100 cm
  • Scatter seed on tilled ground in the spring through fall
  • Germination: 4 to 5 days
  • Seeds ripen from May to July
  • Flowering: April-July

 

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