Full Sun
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
9a
USDA zone
-7°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
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Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Festuca rubra Overview
There are about 300 to 400 species of tuft-forming perennial, these are grasses with evergreen linear leaves. The flowers produce panicles of blooms. The flowers are bisexual with males and females in the same spikelet each flower head comprises spikelets, with one or more florets, that are covered with glumes or scales.
Common problems with Festuca rubra
How to propagate Festuca rubra
Seed
Seed in spring or autumn.
Division
By division in autumn; however, selected forms should be propagated by division.
Other uses of Festuca rubra
Meadow, fodder. Attracts butterflies