Avena fatua | Wild Oats | Grass
Avena fatua belongs to the plant family POACE and Genus Avena This Grass prefers Moist soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Avena fatua does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Avena fatua so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Avena fatua wild oats is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
It usually does best in moist soils. This is an ornamental grass appropriate for gardens.
Amelanchier arborea is an Annual which means it lives for 1 year before dying. This plant needs to be regrown for success in the next season.
Avena fatua has an annual life cycle.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 4' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
This is a light producer of pollen but should cause problems to only the most sensitive hay fever sufferers. Hay fever problems may continue for up to 7 months, from March through September.
Avena fatua is distributed as follows … Western US and Canada
"Allergies A-Z", Myron A Lipkowitz and Tova Navarra, Facts on File, New York, 1994.
Avena sterilis | Animated Oats | Grass
"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.