Lolium multiflorum
Italian Ryegrass
a biennial member of the Lolium genus in the family Gramineae.
Taxonomy and growth
Uses
Material uses
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A good green manure crop, it can be sown in autumn or spring and is often combined with clover[3].
Environment
- Range
- Original habitat is obscure, it is naturalized in Britain.
- Habitat
- Meadows, field margins and roadsides, avoiding acid soils[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 5+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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When growing as a green manure crop, the seed can be sown from early spring to early autumn in situ.
Cultivation
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Dislikes shade.
References
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964-00-00
Woodward. L. Burge. P. Green Manures. Elm Farm Research Centre. 1982-00-00