Roemer's Fescue
Festuca roemeri
A fine-textured, blue-green bunchgrass that anchors the Northwest's prairies and oak savannas. A tidy, drought-tolerant cool-season grass for meadows and well-drained gardens.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3.3–3.3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA
Related native plants
More Festuca species
- Idaho Fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
- California Fescue (Festuca californica)
- Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Western Fescue (Festuca occidentalis)
- Arizona Fescue (Festuca arizonica)