Rocky Mountain Fescue

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