A highly drought tolerant, low nutrient demand grass. Some cultivars tolerate very close mowing. A highly flexible species used in a diverse range of mixtures particularly suitable for sustainable golf course management programs.
It is particularly useful in low maintenance situations and has a tolerance to a wide range of soils from acidic to alkaline. Visually attractive if left uncut.

Latin name:        Festuca ovina

Seeds/gram:     950

Germination:      2-3 weeks

Shoot density:    800-1000 shoots/100cm²

Cutting height:   Normal: 15-35mm
                          Not less than 5mm

Growth:              In tufts

Distinguishing features:

• Very fine leaved plant with high shoot density • Leaves are thread like, hairless with
a strongly ribbed ridged upper surface • Leaves greyish to blue green coloration
• Characteristically forms whorls as a mature plant, (Sheeps fescue) • Auricles are described as absent or much reduced • Ligule is very short • Rhizomes absent • Leaf sheaths open and overlapping