Germination: Broadcast, drill or hydroseed. Surface sow and keep moist, mulch the seed bed
Other: Seeding rate 30 lbs to the acre alone
Festuca ovina var. duriusculaFestuca ovina
var. duriuscula
Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
In Stock: 10.85 lb (Total:10.85lb)
Festuca ovina duriuscula
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10.85 lb
WA
Details
Germination:
98%
Germination test:
Cut (Full Seed)
Purity:
99%
Seeds per lb:
517,374
Quantity:
10.85 lb
Collected in:
Washington
Crop year:
2024
Min. hardiness zone:
5
Item ID:
1834555
Native to: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced to: California, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, Iceland, Illinois, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Madeira, Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Georgia, Utah, Vermont, Washington
Germination: Broadcast, drill or hydroseed. Surface sow and keep moist, mulch the seed bed
Other: Seeding rate 30 lbs to the acre alone
Looking for a drought-resistant plant that can handle constant cutting and grows well in shallow chalky soil? Look no further than Festuca ovina var. duriuscula, also known as Hard Fescue or Sheep Fescue. This densely tufted perennial grass is wind-pollinated and flowers from May until June. It's not just a robust plant, but an important food source for caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, such as the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. Sheep's fescue is commonly found on poor, well-drained mineral soil, as well as acidic bogs in Scotland's Portlethen Moss and mountain pastures throughout Europe and Asia. It's even been introduced to North America and used as a drought-tolerant lawn grass. With greyish-green, bristle-like leaves and slightly feathery one-sided panicles, Sheep Fescue is both pretty and practical.