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.

Quick Festuca Growing Guide and Facts

Common Names: Fescue
Life Cycle: Hardy perennial.
Height: 2 to 80 inches (10 to 200 cm).
Native: Worldwide.
Growing Region: Zones 4 to 9.
Flowers: Late spring through to the middle of summer.
Flower Details: Spikelets. Inconspicuous.
Foliage: Blue, grey. Grass.
Sow Outside: Surface. First two month of spring. Germination time: three weeks. Spacing: Small 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm); Large 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm). Plants from nurseries can be transplanted out in spring or autumn.
Requirements and care: Full sunlight for best results, or partial shade. Most soils, dry and poor for best results. Regular watering. Divide after two or three years to maintain vigour. Propagate: by dividing in the spring.
Miscellaneous: Makes a great lawn grass and is a favoured grass for bowling greens and on golf courses.

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.