I've had this growing in a part of my back garden for a few years now but I'm wondering if this is what farmers call black grass. I understand that it causes them a lot of problems in their cereal crops.
Thanks for that Dove, I did do a search on the internet for pictures and the seed heads did look similar which made me wonder. At least now I can use it in the garden somewhere.
It's up to you of course, but I'd think twice about it unless you've got at least a couple of acres ... we get loads of queries asking how to control or get rid of it ... it's a real thug in 'normal gardens'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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No, that's Carex pendula http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/pendulous-sedge
The Black Grass that farmers have problems with (and which is developing a resistance to herbicides) is this one
http://cropscience.bayer.co.uk/your-crop/crop-diseases-weeds-and-pests/grass-weeds/black-grass
which is an annual weed.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for that Dove, I did do a search on the internet for pictures and the seed heads did look similar which made me wonder. At least now I can use it in the garden somewhere.
It's up to you of course, but I'd think twice about it unless you've got at least a couple of acres ... we get loads of queries asking how to control or get rid of it ... it's a real thug in 'normal gardens'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.