Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Grasses and Grass-Like / Ground Covers
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Small
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 2-3' x 2-3'
Natural Growth Habit: Clumping, Mounding
Native To: Africa
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Tan
Bloom Time: Summer
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Erosion Control / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Intermountain Conditions / Lawn Substitute / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #1
Sunset Garden Zones: 2-11, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Festuca mairei is an evergreen to semi-evergreen clump-forming cool-season grass with a clump-forming, mounding habit and featuring fine-textured yellowish-gray-green foliage. It shifts from fully evergreen to semi-evergreen during sustained winter freezes or extreme summer heat and drought. Uses include mass groundcover, erosion control, border, focal point, meadow planting. Useful in seacoast and intermountain plantings. Very low to moderate water needs; needs regular moisture when establishing, highly drought-tolerant once mature. It adapts to almost any soil type (sandy, clay, loam, rocky) but prefers well-draining soil. Tolerates partial shade and dry shade, but best growth is in full sun. Fire-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.
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Festuca mairei is an evergreen to semi-evergreen clump-forming cool-season grass with a clump-forming, mounding habit and featuring fine-textured yellowish-gray-green foliage. It shifts from fully evergreen to semi-evergreen during sustained winter freezes or extreme summer heat and drought. Uses include mass groundcover, erosion control, border, focal point, meadow planting. Useful in seacoast and intermountain plantings. Very low to moderate water needs; needs regular moisture when establishing, highly drought-tolerant once mature. It adapts to almost any soil type (sandy, clay, loam, rocky) but prefers well-draining soil. Tolerates partial shade and dry shade, but best growth is in full sun. Fire-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.
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