| Botanical name | Festuca spp. |
|---|---|
| Plant Care |  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Shade Shade – Prefers Low Light Levels.  Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage.  Moderate Watering Moderate Watering – Requires Regular Watering.  Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
| Categories | |
| Flowers | January February October November December Plumes appear in summer. |
| Common name(s) | Fescue, fescue grass, mountain grass |
| Origin | |
| Uses in landscape design | Perfect to use along pathways |
| Propagation | Division: This is a tuft-forming grass. |
Festuca spp. (Fescue, fescue grass, mountain grass)
- Botanical name: Festuca spp.
- Common name(s): Fescue, fescue grass, mountain grass
- Categories: Bamboos, Grasses and sedges, Ground Covers and Perennials
Plant description:
Low-growing ornamental tuft-forming grasses. Ideal for mass planting. Plumes appear in summer. Bright green Festuca gautieri (F. scoparia) is hardy, growing in full sun or partial shade. Blue-grey F. glauca ‘Silver Eyecatch’ grows fairly rapidly, so space plants close together as, eventually, each plant reaches a limit. F. ovina ‘Golden Toupee’ has yellow-bluish-green foliage; drought resistant, it will grow in poor, sandy, well-drained soil.
Botanical Pronunciation: fes-TEW-ka
Festuca spp. requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
January February October November December
Plumes appear in summer.
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