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Rocky Mountain Fescue

Original price was: $7.88.Current price is: $7.00.

 


Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana

A fine-textured native grass with narrow blue-green leaves forming tidy clumps. It adds a cool, airy texture to meadows, prairies, and rock gardens, and is valued for its drought tolerance and graceful movement in the wind.

Growing Conditions

  • Height: 1–2 ft
  • Spread: Clumping
  • Light: Full sun to part shade
  • Soil: Well-drained, dry to moderately moist
  • Hardiness: Zone 3–7
  • Growth Rate: Moderate

Ideal for dry meadows, rock gardens, prairie restorations, and pollinator-friendly plantings.

Ecological Value

  • Provides shelter for small wildlife and insects
  • Supports pollinators
  • Adds structure and texture to native plant communities

Larval Host Plant For
Some native grass-feeding moths and butterflies.

Companion Species

  • Prairie Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)
  • Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
  • Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
  • Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Planting to Protect
Restoring to Thrive
Origin Native Plants

3.5 inch Pots

 

121 in stock

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