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Fescue Festuca

Growing Fescue: Tips at a Glance

  • Type Grass
  • Life Span Perennial
  • USDA Zones 3-9
  • Light Full sun
  • Foliage Gray, blue, green, gold
  • Where to Plant Tolerates poor soil
  • Design Tip Tufted clumps
  • Other Uses No-mow lawn
  • Peak Season Cool months

Fescue: A Field Guide

Fescue grasses have long been workhorses: The variety ‘Kentucky 31’ helped restore Dust Bowl landscapes in the 1930s.

Strikingly beautiful, fescues are just as useful in a home garden. Ornamental varieties such as the evergreen Festuca mairei grow in clumps (meaning they won’t push, choke, or bully their more delicate garden-mates), mixing happily with wildflowers in a no-mow meadow. But beware: Fescues are typically cool-season grasses, prone to going dormant in summer heat. Design with this in mind.

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