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Setaria italica 'Red Jewel'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Tried & tested by the team
With its crimson bottle brushes, this is one of the best garden bird food grasses you can grow which we also love as a cut flower and to give height and shape to Annuals & Biennials
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
Product details
- Type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Border (Middle), Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - September
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Foxtail millet
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- Sow under cover in early spring, sow seeds thinly and lightly cover with soil. Pot on plant out after the frosts, spacing 60cm (24in). To sow direct, space rows/seeds 30cm (12in) apart. Thin to 60cm (24in).
Care Tips
These plants are very drought tolerant so no need to water once established
Flowering Time
July - September
