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Poaceae
Common millet
Panicum miliaceum
Also known as Panicum triphellon, Panicum miliaceum var. coffeatum, Panicum miliaceum var. leucospermum, Panicum miliaceum var. aquilum
Native Plants · Grain · Grass · Birdseed · Annual · Millet · Cover Crop · Ornamental Grass · Edible Grain · Drought Resistant
Common millet is a fast-growing annual grain that thrives in full sun with moderate, consistent moisture. It is well-suited to garden borders, bird gardens, or as a cover crop, and tolerates a wide range of soils. Minimal care is needed once established, making it ideal for low-maintenance landscapes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist during germination and early growth; reduce once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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