A truly versatile perennial grass, blue fescue (Festuca glauca) has an eye-catching blue hue that lasts all year. With its clump-forming habit, blue fescue forms uniform balls of foliage topped with ...

Planting blue fescue is easy, even for beginner gardeners. Follow these simple steps to help establish blue fescue in your garden or yard. Choose a sunny spot: Select a well-draining area of your ...

These are names most golfers recognize because they are turf grasses — good for fairways, greens and lawns. It’s visual appeal. Many of these grasses are hardy and low-maintenance, requiring little ...

Ornamental grasses are often undervalued as part of landscapes, but offer a lot in the background without demanding the attention of more showy counterparts in beds or borders. If you want to add ...

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Q.: I read your article in mid-May about growing grass in the shade and was confused by your comment that "Kentucky bluegrass (which is the only major type we grow that does well in shade...)" I have ...

Certain varieties of common fescue lawn grass come equipped with their own natural broad-spectrum herbicide that inhibits the growth of weeds and other plants around them. Fescue grass roots exude a ...

A city filled with green grass is trying to use far less water. Here’s what we can learn from the Denver area’s effort to ...

Dainty diminutive Festuca glauca makes a tight mound of steely blue, needle-like blades and is one of the most tactile of the evergreen grasses. A new flush of blue-grey leaves appears by early spring ...