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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Perennials => Topic started by: GabrielParis on May 28, 2012, 03:18:27 PM

Title: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: GabrielParis on May 28, 2012, 03:18:27 PM

Facing East, a hillside at Vouliagmeni, East of Athens.
A few meters away from the Eagean sea.

I was exploring the phrygana with my camera (awaiting the evening to compare the shooting with my two bibles, Mrs Tyrwhitt's "Making a garden on a greek hillside" and Oleg Polunin's "Flowers of Europe").
And found this tiny grass call "amourette" here in France, because of its heart-shaped pendulous spikelets.

A very handsome annual grass.
Area : Med. Europe and Portugal.

It's a pity because this grass is very difficult to find in french nurseries for my garden projects, whereas B. media and B. maxima are more easy to purchase...

Title: Re: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: GabrielParis on May 28, 2012, 03:18:59 PM

Better with the attachment !

Title: Re: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: MikeHardman on May 28, 2012, 08:03:16 PM

:)
nice

Title: Re: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: David Bracey on May 28, 2012, 08:31:22 PM

http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/carth.asp?species=Briza%20minor&sref=3401

B and T World Seeds at Aigues-Vives, France offer B minor seed.

Title: Re: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: Alisdair on May 28, 2012, 08:40:21 PM

We have found in Greece that gathering the ripe "lanterns" of the seed and simply scattering it quickly establishes worthwhile small colonies. It is a very "well-behaved" grass!

Title: Re: Grasses : a very delicate Briza minor ("Quaking grass")
Post by: GabrielParis on May 29, 2012, 09:37:56 AM

This is good news. Next time I see one in the landscape I'll harvest the seeds and try to grow it in Nafplio... Thanks for the advice