Festuca ovina
| Festuca ovina | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 5 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Early Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Festuca ovina (common name: sheep's fescue)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ[1]. The seed usually germinates within three weeks.
Division in spring[1]. Very easy, the clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions.
Cultivation: Prefers a light well-drained soil in full sun[2]. A drought resistant plant once established[3], it succeeds on shallow chalky soils[4].
Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns[3].
Range: Most of Europe, including Britain.
Habitat: Poor, well-drained shallow soils from low to high elevations[3].
Edibility: Seed[5][6]. No further details but the seed is rather small and would be very fiddly to utilise[K].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grounds, Roger. Ornamental Grasses. Christopher Helm, 1989.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.