Sheep Fescue Seeds - Flower Plant

Sheep Fescue is a hardy, cool-season perennial grass valued for its fine-textured blue-green foliage, drought tolerance, and low-maintenance growth. It forms attractive dense clumps, making it an excellent choice for ornamental landscapes, rock gardens, erosion control, meadows, naturalized areas, and low-input lawns. Thriving in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil, Sheep Fescue is highly adaptable and performs well in poor, dry soils where many other grasses struggle.

Features

• Fine-textured blue-green ornamental foliage
• Hardy cool-season perennial grass
• Excellent drought tolerance once established
• Ideal for rock gardens, meadows, erosion control, and naturalized landscapes
• Forms dense, attractive clumps
• Low-maintenance and adaptable to poor soils
• Suitable for ornamental and ecological plantings

Specifications

• Scientific Name: Festuca ovina
• Common Name (US): Sheep Fescue
• Seed Type / Variety: Hardy Ornamental Grass Variety
• Growth Habit: Clump-forming perennial grass
• USDA Zones: 3–8
• Planting Season: Spring or Fall
• Growing Season: Spring through Fall
• Sowing Season: March–May or September–October
• Germination Time and Conditions: 10–21 days at 60–75°F (16–24°C); sow in moist, well-drained soil and keep evenly moist until established
• Sunlight Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil Requirements: Well-drained sandy, loamy, rocky, or poor soils
• Watering Needs: Low to moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Plant Size: 12–24 inches tall, 12–18 inches spread
• Plant Spacing: 12–18 inches apart