Category / Festuca / Fescues

Long-lived, Festuca californica (California Fescue) is a semi-evergreen, fountain-like perennial grass forming a mound of gracefully drooping, pale green to blue-green leaves, up to 24 in. tall (60 cm). In spring and…

Festuca glauca ‘Beyond Blue’ (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. Unlike most Blue Fescues, Beyond Blue…

Festuca glauca ‘Blaufuchs’ or ‘Blue Fox’ is a pretty dwarf ornamental grass, mostly grown for its brilliant silver-blue foliage that will catch your eye. Densely tufted, the foliage of finely-textured, blade-like needles…

One of the best and most colorful of all Blue Fescue varieties, Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ is a wonderful dwarf ornamental grass, mostly grown for its superb, evergreen, bright silver-blue foliage. Densely tufted, the foliage…

Festuca idahoensis (Idaho Fescue) is a small, evergreen clumping grass forming a densely tufted mound of stiff, short, very narrow leaves, often of a beautiful blue-green to silver-blue color. Festuca idahoensis (Idaho…

A giant in the world of the Fescues, Festuca mairei (Atlas Fescue) is a long-lived evergreen clumping grass which forms fountain-like mounds with a rich khaki green foliage. A giant in the…

Festuca ovina (Sheep Fescue) is a low-growing, cool season grass forming a densely tufted mound of narrow, stiff, semi-erect, green or gray-green leaves. In late spring to early summer, narrow and dense…

Popular as mown turfgrass, Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) is a cool-season grass forming tufts of arching, narrow, dark green blades. One of the most shade tolerant lawn grasses, it tolerates many habitats,…