Guide to growing Avena Wild Oat
Avena grasses can be either hardy annuals or hardy perennials.
They tend to flower at the height of summer and are commonly known as wild oats or animated oats.
They can reach great heights and leaves of blue may reach up to 90 cm in length.
Avena should be used as an emphasis plant for the garden.
How to grow wild oats
Avena seeds should be grown outdoors, sow the seeds of wild oats at a depth of 6mm at the beginning to middle of spring. Seedlings of wild oats can be purchased, annual varieties should be planted in the early spring, whereas varieties of wild oats can be planted either in the early spring or in autumn. Depending on the variety wild oats seedlings should be planted 25 to 30cm apart (small) or 45 to 60cm apart 9larger varieties of wild oat). They should be planted in an area that receives full sunlight in a dry soil with a pH of 6 to 7.5. Avena species are easy to look after, they should be regularly watered (although they are pretty drought tolerant) for best growth, and can be left alone all year round.