Products description
Botanical name: Lygeum spartum
Synonym: Lygeum spathaceum, Lygeum tenax, Lygeum insulare, Lygeum loscosii
Common name: Esparto grass
Family: Poaceae
Native to: Mediterranean region
Life cycle: perennial
Flower colour: -
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): May to June
Height: up to 80cm
Characteristics and usage: fiber producing plant, used for making quality paper
Weight of 1000 seeds: 70g
Seeds per gram: 14
Cultivation / direction of sowing: Sow seed in a greenhouse / indoor thin cover, needs light, grow them on for their first winter in the greenhouse / indoor. Plant out in spring of the following year. Lygeum spartum plants are moderately frost resistant and prefers a light loamy soil and a sunny position
Synonym: Lygeum spathaceum, Lygeum tenax, Lygeum insulare, Lygeum loscosii
Common name: Esparto grass
Family: Poaceae
Native to: Mediterranean region
Life cycle: perennial
Flower colour: -
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): May to June
Height: up to 80cm
Characteristics and usage: fiber producing plant, used for making quality paper
Weight of 1000 seeds: 70g
Seeds per gram: 14
Cultivation / direction of sowing: Sow seed in a greenhouse / indoor thin cover, needs light, grow them on for their first winter in the greenhouse / indoor. Plant out in spring of the following year. Lygeum spartum plants are moderately frost resistant and prefers a light loamy soil and a sunny position
