Sweet Vernal-Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) Plant

These early-flowering, light maroon spikelets are wonderfully versatile, and are popular picks for fields and as potted plants for a variety of reasons: as its name suggests, Sweet Vernal-Grass has a sweet, almost vanilla-like taste to it when chewed, alongside its distinct aroma of cut hay. A valuable food plant for brown and skipper butterflies larvae.

• Type: Perennial
• Height: 30-60cm.
• Flowers: April-July
• Soil requirement: Well-drained
• Light requirement: Full sun
• Natural habitat: Wildflower meadows, margins
• Also known as: Vernal Grass, Spring Grass