Product Review

Foxtail millet botanic name setaria italica, formerly panicum italicum l. Is the second-most widely planted species of millet, and the most important in east Asia. It has the longest history of cultivation among the millets, having been grown in China since sometime in the sixth millennium bc. Other names for the species include dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria green foxtail, Italian millet, German millet, and Hungarian millet. Bloom time: summer. Hardiness zone: annual. Light requirements: sun - part shade . . . Soil / water: average.