Slender Creeping Red Fescue Grass |Festuca Rubra Litoralis featured image

Slender Creeping Red Fescue Grass |Festuca Rubra Litoralis

A fine bladed creeping and binding grass with good overall characteristics suitable for ornamental and finer lawns. Also tolerant of shade and drought.

Slender Creeping Red Fescue is a fine bladed creeping and binding grass with good overall characteristics suitable for ornamental and finer lawns. Also tolerant of shade and drought.

Why do we use this in our Lawn Seed Mixtures?

  • Type of growth:                                  rhizomatous growth spreading sideways
  • Creeping habit for density:              good
  • Turf binding for stability:                  good
  • Self-repair and wear tolerance:      good
  • Disease tolerance:                             medium
  • Drought tolerance:                            good
  • Shade tolerance:                                good
  • Growth rate:                                        medium
  • Where used:                                        ornamental lawns, golf greens and slopes
  • Leaf type:                                             fine flat
  • Ideal mowing height:                         20 to 35mm
  • Ideal pH:                                               5 to 7.5
  • Germination:                                       12-16 days @ 8 degrees or more