By Jessica Damiano
Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered semi-aquatic, although it’s technically a grass.
Lowland rice would be challenging to grow in a home garden, but another, less common variety can be cultivated more easily in typical backyard conditions.
Duborskian rice, a Russian short-grained dryland, or “upland” rice, is a highly ornamental plant that can even be grown in containers, where its 2-foot-tall green and gold panicles will lend height and beauty to the center or rear of mixed planters.
But if grown as a crop, cultivating rice from your plants can be a fun activity for adventurous gardeners.
Start by making space
When determining how many plants to grow, consider that it takes approximately 10 plants to produce 1 pound of
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