Hard Fescue Sheep Fescue (Festuca ovina var. duriuscula)

You will get 250 seeds of Festuca ovina var. duriuscula, HARD FESCUE SHEEP FESCUE for planting.

Festuca ovina var. duriuscula, also known as Hard Fescue or Sheep Fescue, is a drought-resistant plant that grows well in shallow chalky soil. It is a robust perennial grass that flowers from May until June and is an important food source for caterpillars of several butterflies and moths. Sheep Fescue is commonly found on poor, well-drained mineral soil and acidic bogs in Scotland, and it has been introduced to North America as a drought-tolerant lawn grass.

Scarification: none required

Stratification: none required

Germination: Broadcast, drill or hydroseed. Surface sow and keep moist, mulch the seed bed