Festuca pallens seed

LATIN NAME: FESTUCA PALLENS

COMMON NAME: Pale Fescue

The pale fescue tufts the compact, evergreen grass with the fine, blue-green to grey leaves that tuft into the dense, rounded hummocks, the slender, wiry flowering stems rising above the foliage in the summer, the small, pale spikelets carrying the fine seeds. It grows steadily into the neat, tufted form, and it stands the dry, stony ground well. It likes the sun, and the light, gritty, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Pale fescue holds a modest but real place in the research on the dry-grassland turf grasses, and the pallens species appears in the studies of the limestone-slope grasses and the low-water lawns. The work looks at the way the fine leaves tuft into the hummocks, the drought economy, and the seed biology. The turf scientists keep the low-water habit in mind, and the growers of the rock-garden and ornamental grasses list the fescue in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

On the thin, stony slopes, the pale fescue holds the crumbling ground with the tight, fibrous hummocks. The blue-grey tufts soften the rock garden, the fine seed heads catch the light, and the grass makes the fine edging, the alpine lawn and the container plant. It does best in the light, gritty, sunny ground. Blue-tufted, drought-proof and stone-born.

To grow the Pale Fescue from seed, scatter the seeds over a tray of fine loam and press them in.

Scatter the seeds over a tray of fine loam and press them in, and keep the young tufts in the open, sunny spot. The blue-grey hummocks spread with the passing years. lightly, keep the tray lightly watered, and the young tufts fill out as the roots settle. The blue-grey hummocks spread with the passing years.