Secale — 6 species
Botanical species in the genus Secale recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Secale cereale
Secale cereale
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position. It thrives on infertile, submarginal areas and is renouned for its ability to grow on sandy soils. Established plants are drought tolerant.
Full cultivation guide →Secale cereale ancestrale
Secale cereale ancestrale
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will succeed in Britain, though it should succeed as a spring-sown annual and possibly as an autumn sown plant. It is a primitive form of the cultivated cereal rye, Secale cereale and as such could be of value in breeding programmes. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus.
Full cultivation guide →Secale strictum
Secale strictum
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position. One report says that it requires protection from severe frosts, though our experience is that it is hardy in most parts of the country. Mountain rye is occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, it is possibly a parent of the cultivated Rye, S. cereale.
Full cultivation guide →Secale strictum kuprijanovii
Secale strictum kuprijanovii
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position. One report says that it requires protection from severe frosts, though our experience is that it is hardy in most parts of the country. Occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, it is possibly a parent of the cultivated Rye, S. cereale.
Full cultivation guide →Secale sylvestre
Secale sylvestre
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species but it should succeed as an annual crop in Britain. It might be possible to sow it as an over-wintering annual. Succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position.
Full cultivation guide →Secale vavilovii
Secale vavilovii
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species but it should succeed as an annual crop in Britain. It might be possible to sow it as an over-wintering annual. Succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position.
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