Glow Sticks Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea 'Glow Sticks'

Also called Glow Sticks Reed Fescue

  • Highly ornamental grass
  • Grass has a mounding habit with slight spreading habit
  • Pale yellow flower stalks rise above the tuft in mid-spring, contrasting against dark foliage
  • Bloom Time: Late Spring
  • Disease, heat and humidity resistant
  • Grass Type: Cool Season

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
Yellow

HEIGHT:
60-75 cm

SPREAD:
30-45 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:


Best grown in full sun and a well-drained soil with some tolerance to drought and poor soils. Remove spent foliage in the spring. Clumps need to be divided every 2-3 years to maintain their appeal.

Additional Notes about Glow Sticks Tall Fescue:


Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and continue until temperatures start to cool in the fall. During the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant. Cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer. Most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil.
 

Characteristics & Attributes


GROWTH RATE:
Medium
ATTRIBUTES:
Xeriscape
FLOWERING TIME:
Summer
Lt. Spr-Sum
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green (dark)
LANDSCAPE USES:
Border/edging
Hedge