Festuca rubra – Red Fescue
Plant Profile
Festuca rubra – Red Fescue
Festuca rubra – Red Fescue, Creeping Red Fescue
A wonderfully adaptable semi-evergreen grass, Festuca rubra is equally at home as a lawn alternative, meadow grass, or groundcover on slopes and in rock gardens. It tolerates drought, deer, and coastal conditions, and uniquely handles shade — rare among ornamental grasses. Attractive purple-tinged spikelets bloom in spring through summer. Both clumping and spreading in habit, it provides excellent coverage with minimal maintenance.
Key Features:
- Perennial Grass; Semi-evergreen
- Drought, deer, and coast tolerant
- Shade tolerant
- Attracts butterflies
- Lawn or meadow grass alternative
- Excellent groundcover for slopes and rock gardens
- Clumping and spreading growth habit
Growing Details:
Height: 1–2 ft | Spread: 1–2 ft
Exposure: Sun/Part Shade (tolerates shade) | Water: Moderate
Bloom time: Spring–Summer | Bloom color: Purple-tinged
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3–9
Plant Details
Everything you need to grow it well.
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