Botanical Name: Festuca muelleri
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Common Name: Mueller's Fescue  
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Even though it's hot, your lawn only needs to be watered twice a week to stay healthy.

And don't water the whole lawn for a brown spot—drag out a hose.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Ground cover, Grass

 

Height Range

Under 1', 1-3'

 

Flower Color

Green, White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green, Blue Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: GardenSoft

  • Description

  • Notes

This Central European native fescue has shiny, dark green foliage that is slightly bluish green. It is a cool season grass that grows up to 8 inches tall and equally wide. If massed together it can become a lawn alternative. It does reseed, so deadhead if you don't want it to spread, though it does not do so aggressively. Clump grows 6 to 12 inches, with seed plume standing up to 12 to 18 inches.