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Sheep Fescue Grass Seeds
Festuca ovina
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$12.30
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$12.95
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Sheep Fescue is extremely adaptable and will tolerate moderate shade and drought. It blooms from June to July.
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Overall rating: 4.6666665 / 5 from 3 reviews.
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These blue green babies are amazing
"These are so hardy. I've seeded a very dry and hilly area of my property with these and they have stood the test of time. The color is a beautiful blue green and your eye is drawn to the color because it stands out from other grass. I have been moving some of these to my flower gardens and I will be using these in the decorative pots at my front door next year in combination with some annuals."
Actually I need to buy more of the Sheep Fescue.
"For what ever reason a lot of my Fescue died over the winter last year, so I need to re-seed, odd year with record snow fall. I own an acre of gully quite steep so I use the fescue to retain stability. Thanks for shipping so quickly. I will need to re-order, as I found greater need than first thought."
Good choice for a low maintenance, low water use lawn
"I bought a new home in central Northern California with zero landscaping in the back and was looking for a grass to cover my sloped bare ground for erosion control. It was important to be "low fuel" as wildfires are a hazard in the hot dry summers here and it had to be drought and heat tolerant. I chose this sheep fescue even though I live in climate zone 9 with summer temperatures often in the 90s and sometimes 100+. I planted this particular sheep fescue in October 2016 and covered the seeds with Curlex erosion control blankets so the seed would not wash out on the slope during the rainy winter months. The grass germinated very well (close to 100%), in November and grew all winter. With the EC blankets and the grass then growing I did not experience any noticeable erosion. Now it is mid June with temperatures in the high 90's and the grass is still green and about six inches tall. I water twice a week for the new grass, (but only need to water once every three weeks for the sheep fescue I established last year in another area. ) I have not had to mow this sheep fescue and have been pleasantly surprised that it can hold up to heat, sun, and dry conditions so far. I had planted Idaho fescue two years ago on another section of the hillside, but it has not performed nearly as well as the sheep fescue area. When planting this grass keep in mind that like all cool season fescues it will not germinate at temperatures of 90 degrees or higher. In my hot summer the sheep fescue virtually stops growing and if not watered sufficiently it will go dormant and turn a bit brown in color. However, it will green up to a dark green with the fall rains. For my purposes, this sheep fescue is just what I was looking for in a low maintenance grass, and I am very satisfied with it so far. It complements my large deer grass as well."