Setaria italica 'Red Jewel'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
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 container collections
- 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
