Guide to growing fescue Festuca

Festuca are a genus of hardy perennial ornamantel grasses.

They have blue or green leaves.

Flowering is from the end of spring until the middle of summer and they reach heights of between 15 and 45cm.

A common name used for Festuca is Fescue.

How to grow Fescue (Festuca)

Seeds of Fescue should be grown outdoors in their final location; simply sow seeds on the surface in mass at about 25 to 50cm apart. They can grow in either a sunny or partially shaded part of the garden and have a preference for a dry soil.

Caring for festuca

Festuca requires regular watering and dividing every couple of years in the spring to maintain vigorous growth or to create new plants.