Festuca
Fescue
- Height × spread
- 0.2m – 0.6m × 0.15m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
Low-growing mostly evergreen grass in many forms. Impressive ornamental ones have arching foliage or tufty tussocks as well as the type found in your lawn. The ornamental forms come in green, blue or gold and white flower spikes appear in summer. They can be used to edge a border or path, planted in pots or grouped as part of a prairie style garden. Sizes vary from 20cm to 50cm height/spread.
- Flower colour
- Brown, Green, Grey, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green, Grey, Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Beige, Silver
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.2m – 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.15m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Seaside garden, Rock garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bird attraction
- Maintenance
- Some varieties are easycare (low/no maintenance)
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring · Planting
Divide every other year
The plant can be divided in alternate years. Clumps may be divided into two or more pieces. Rhizomes can be cut whilst small bulbs or offsets are detached. The new plants can be grown in a container or planted in the ground.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Planting & general
Planting
Divide some varieties differently
Some plant varieties within this genus have different requirements for dividing them when they get big. It is best to look up your specific plant, or the species it belongs to for guidance, and/or check the label.
Found in
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Festuca 'Siskiyou Blue'
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Festuca gautieri
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Festuca glauca
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