Flowers
Briza maxima -
Greater Quaking Grass
The dancing flowerheads of Greater Quaking Grass add movement and grace to your borders. Also happy in a container, the strap-like foliage and heads turn straw-yellow in autumn as they dry. Often these persist well into winter. Leave the heads on so that this species can gently self-seed, or cut and enjoy in winter floral arrangements.
- Plant type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full Sun to Partial Sun
- Height
- 55cm
- Spread
- 20cm
Growing calendar
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Sow outdoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Best sown in-situ, from April to May, or Aug-September for germination the following spring. Sow in rows 6mm deep in soil which has been well cultivated and raked to a fine tilth. Once seedlings are large enough to handle, thin to 25cm between plants.
Aftercare
Remove spent flowerheads if you do not want this annual to self-seed around your garden.
Gallery
Ref. SEB009