| Pronunciation | (fes-TOO-kah) |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average tolerates dry |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Leaves | grass-like, emerge bluish, mature to wheat color |
| Roots | fiborus |
| Maintenance | cut off all seed heads, the seeds will germinated and seedlings probably will not be true to the cultivar, cut back in the spring or fall |
| Propagation | division, may not come true from seed |
| Native Site | Russia to the Pyrenees, central Germany to Greece, found on rocky slopes and mountain meadows |
| Misc Facts | syn. F valesiaca var glaucanth |
| Notes & Reference | #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke), #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee) |
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