Botanical name:

Festuca coxii

Common name(s):

Blue Festuca

About:

A small Native New Zealand tussock plant, characterised by its tightly inrolled blue and green leaves, gracefully weeps in clumps that create a soft and inviting appearance. It serves as a lovely choice to contrast beautifully with various coloured tussocks in a rock garden or for creating visually appealing mass landscaping designs.

Natural habitat:

Strictly coastal where it grow son rock ledges, cliff faces, rock stacks, peaty turf, amongst petrel burrows and on exposed, wind blasted ridge lines.

Growing environment:

Frost, Sun, Drought, Wind & Free draining tolerant.

Endemic distribution:

Chatham Islands only where it has been recorded from the islands, islets and rock stacks except the Pyramid and Western Reef.

Height: 50cm

Flowering:

November – February with a coloured flower/s

Fruiting:

January – April with an orange coloured fruit.

Uses:

Bird food / Attractant.

How to grow:

Easily grown from fresh seed and division of whole plants. Often short-lived and dislikes humidity

** Seed germinates without pre treatment. Sow seed direct & keep moist until germination is complete.