How to Propagate and Grow
Festuca

Festuca originate from Europe and Asia and are a genus of tuft forming perennials.

Leaves are blue green, yellow green or silvery and are narrow and linear.

Flowers are insignificant and borne in dense clusters.

Genus: Festuca

Family: Graminae/Poaceae

Species: F. glauca

Common Names: Fescue, blue fescue.

Classification: Perennial.

Height: 30cm (12inches).

Flowering: Non flowering.

Usage: Ideal for rock gardens.

They look splendid in patio tubs and pots.

Grow several of them at the front of borders for good ground cover.

Site: Grow them in full sun, they thrive in it!

Soil: Extremely well draining soil kept on the dry side.

They are drought tolerant when fully established.

Propagation Methods: By seed in spring.

Best germination temperature: 70 deg F.

Time from sowing to germination: 5 - 20 days.

How to sow seeds

By division in spring.

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