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Poaceae
Festuca brachyphylla
Festuca brachyphylla
Also known as Festuca brachyphylla f. flavida, Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis, Festuca ovina subsp. brachyphylla, Festuca brevifolia var. arctica
Native Plants · Alpine · Fescue · Cool · Season · Grass · Rock · Garden · Native · Specialized · Moisture
This alpine fescue requires cool, moist conditions and partial shade to thrive. Best suited for rock gardens or specialized native plant collections in cooler climates. Provide consistent moisture during the growing season but ensure good drainage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, especially during growing season · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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