Avena sativa | Oat | Grass
Avena sativa belongs to the plant family POACE and Genus Avena This Grass will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , 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 sativa does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Avena sativa so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Avena sativa oat 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).
%s is edible. Oats has too many possible beneficial herbal uses to fully enumerate. A few of its uses include: as a cholesterol reducer, as a tonic, as an antidepressant and as an emollient. See the medicinal properties section for the full list. The seeds and the stems are used in herbal preparations. Although this plant is freely wind-pollinated, it shouldn't pose too much difficulty to the hay fever susceptible. May to August is the usual season for causing hay-fever problems.
Avena sativa is distributed as follows … cultivated crop
"Allergies A-Z", Myron A Lipkowitz and Tova Navarra, Facts on File, New York, 1994.
Avena sterilis | Animated Oats | Grass
Averrhoa bilimbi | Bilimbi, Cucumber Tree, Bilimbing. Originated in Indonesia | Tree
"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.