Bromus thominii
| Bromus thominii | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 3 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Life Cycle: | Biennial |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Mid Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Bromus thominii (common name: soft brome)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ and only just cover. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.
If seed is in short supply it can be surface sown in a cold frame in early spring. When large enough to handle, prick out the seedlings into individual pots and plant them out in early summer.
Division in spring. Large clumps can be planted out direct into their permanent positions whilst it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are ready to be planted out.
Cultivation: Succeeds in a sunny position in most well-drained soils[1][2].
The plant produces open, wind pollinated flowers and also cleistogamous flowers - these do not open and are self-fertilized[3].
The report regarding edibility in [4] refers to B. hordaceus L. [3] gives this species as a synonym for B. thomasii, but only the section Holmberg.
Range: W. Europe, from Britain and France to Scandanavia.
Habitat: Meadows, waste places, and on dunes, shingle banks and cliffs, mainly in southern Britain[3].
Edibility: Seed - cooked[4]. The seed can be dried, ground into a powder then mixed with water and eaten as a gruel[4]. The seed is small and fiddly to utilize[K].
Pollinators: Wind, cleistogamous
Habit: Biennial
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Early Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: B. hordaceus. L. sec Holmberg.
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References
- ↑ Bird, R. Growing from Seed Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan, 1989.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.