trefle.io · Taken Jun 26, 2020 by Barry Cornelius (cc-by-sa)
Poaceae
Barley
Hordeum vulgare
Also known as Hordeum vulgare subsp. tetrastichum, Hordeum vulgare var. nigrum, Hordeum vulgare var. latibrevisetum, Hordeum sativum
Native Plants · Cereal · Grain · Fast-Growing · Ornamental-Grass · Crop · Annual · Full-Sun · Easy-Care
Barley is a fast-growing cereal grain that thrives in full sun with regular watering during establishment. This hardy annual or short-lived perennial is easy to grow and requires minimal care once established. Excellent for ornamental grass gardens or as a crop plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply when soil surface is dry · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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