RHS Other common names
felt, lagoon grass, quack grass, quitch grass, scutch, shelly grass, skally grass, squitch grass, twitch, twitch grass, witch grass
Synonyms
Elytrigia repens
Triticum repens
Agropyron repens
Grass Like
A fast-growing perennial grass with pale, hairy sheaths on the lower leaves and flat green leaf blades to 40cm long. Produces upright flower spikes to 120cm high in late summer. Each plant forms a dense network of pale yellow or straw-coloured rhizomatous roots, which enable it to spread rapidly in lawns and borders
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Types
Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
1-1.5 metres
Max Spread
0.5-1 metres