Festuca filiformis

Also called Hair Fescue

AKA Festuca tenuifolia, Festuca capillata
Mounding habit forming a uniform semi-evergreen tuft
Very narrow leaf blades are blue-green to dark green
Narrow seed spikes emerge green, flower purple and age to a tan colour
Bloom Time: Late spring
Flower Height: 30 cm
Foliage Height: 15 cm
Grass Type: Cool Season

ZONE:
4

COLOUR:
Purple

HEIGHT:
15-30 cm

SPREAD:
15-20 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

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

Additional Notes about Fine-leaved Sheep 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.