Blue fescue (Festuca glauca) is a beautiful ornamental grass known for its striking silvery-blue foliage. Because of its compact growth and drought-tolerant and low-maintenance na ...

To create the perfect grassy look around tree roots, you need to plant grasses that do well under those conditions - and here are a few you can choose from.

The use of fescue grass in the U.S., however, can be polarizing among superintendents. Many top courses—like Bandon Dunes, Whistling Straits and Sand Valley—use fescue extensively, while ...

Now is the time to plant fescue grass in the Upstate. September and October are the ideal months for planting since fescue is a cool-season perennial. Seeding rate for tall fescue is 5-8 pounds; tu… ...

Fine fescue grass is a fast-growing plant with very thin, pointed leaves. It can’t endure extended periods of extremely hot, dry weather, but it’s ideal for northern climates because it ...

Slobber from moose reduced toxin concentrations in red fescue grass (Festuca rubra) — but only in plants originating from the core of the species range in Europe. Fungi in grass from the water ...

Fine fescue grass is also well known for tolerating warmer conditions than other cool-season grass types. Botanical name: Festuca spp. Sun exposure: Low, mostly shade ...

As early as the 1950s, however, ranchers began to notice tall fescue’s disturbing effects: One study showed that cattle had to be fenced out of other grasses before they’d touch fescue.

Enter fescue. Bigelow said a lot of homeowners will find tall fescue easy to work with. Fescue grass is more durable than some other grass species and it is also lower maintenance.