trefle.io · Taken Jul 29, 2004 by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Poaceae
Ditch millet
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Also known as Paspalum amazonicum, Paspalum scrobiculatum var. polystachyum, Marsh millet, Paspalum metabolon
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Millet · Warm · Season · Wetland · Wildlife · Erosion · Control · Tropical · Moisture · Loving
Ditch millet is a warm-season grass that thrives in moist, fertile soils. It prefers partial shade and consistent moisture, making it suitable for pond margins or wetland gardens. Provides good wildlife habitat and erosion control in appropriate settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist, especially during growing season · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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