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Atlas Fescue

Festuca mairei

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Overview

Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) is a robust ornamental grass, notable for its elegant, arching green-blue foliage. It reaches up to 3 feet tall and spreads approximately 2 feet wide, offering year-round texture. This low-maintenance perennial thrives in full sun to partial shade and adapts well to dry conditions, ideal for water-wise gardens. Clump-forming, it complements mixed borders and provides serene movement with its feathery flower heads in the summer breeze.

Sun Full, HalfWater Low, Very LowZones 4–9
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) is a robust ornamental grass
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) is a robust ornamental grassAtlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — arching green-blue foliageAtlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — It reaches up to 3 feet tall and spreads approximately 2 feet wide, offering year-round textureAtlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — ideal for water-wise gardensAtlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — it complements mixed borders and provides serene movement with its feathery flower heads in the summer breezeAtlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — scientifically known as Festuca mairei+1

Culture

Sun
Full, Half
Water
Low, Very Low
USDA zones
4–9

Shape & size

Classification

Family
Poaceae

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Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — This low-maintenance perennial thrives in full sun to partial shade and adapts well to dry conditions
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) is a robust ornamental grass
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — arching green-blue foliage
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — It reaches up to 3 feet tall and spreads approximately 2 feet wide, offering year-round texture
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — ideal for water-wise gardens
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — it complements mixed borders and provides serene movement with its feathery flower heads in the summer breeze
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — scientifically known as Festuca mairei
Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) — stands as a regal and drought-tolerant grass

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