Other common names
crappe, English rye grass, ever grass, ray, ray grass, red darnel, rye grass, white nonesuch, rhygwellt lluosflwydd
Synonyms
Lolium perenne var. tenue
Grass Like
Fast-growing, loosely-tufted evergreen, perennial grass about 1m in height, with mid-green to blue-green leaves and distinctive greenish-brown flower spikelets arranged tightly and alternately on opposite sides up the flowering stem. In many countries it has widespread use in lawn seed mixtures or turf, a crop for grazing, soil stabilising and pasture improvement
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
0.5-1 metres
Max Spread
wider than 8 metres