{"id":3618,"date":"2013-04-05T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:26:36","slug":"festuca-californica-february-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/festuca-californica-february-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Festuca californica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6200 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2214-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2214-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2214-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2214.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>California fescue, <em>Festuca californica<\/em>,&nbsp;is a showy clump forming bunchgrass.&nbsp; Its dull green to silvery blue foliage persists throughout the year, making it an excellent choice for any native garden.&nbsp; California fescue grows quickly to a large graceful clump roughly 2 feet&nbsp;in diameter, and because it does not form rhizomes, remains fairly contained.&nbsp; However, in the right situation, it can spread from seed, and care must be taken where this is not desired.&nbsp; The large&nbsp;inflorescence rises&nbsp;dramatically 1 to 3 feet above the clump forming a drooping gray-blue spikelet which slowly bleaches in the summer sun and heat.&nbsp; <em>Festuca californica <\/em>is extremely drought tolerant and seldom requires any supplemental water.&nbsp; A native of chaparral habitats in the Oregon coast and Cascade ranges as well as western California, this grass grows best in open or partly shaded woodlands below 5,000&nbsp;feet, but will grow in the Willamette Valley as well, as long as care is taken to provide drainage.&nbsp; New blades appear in the fall after the first rains and grow quickly through winter and early spring.&nbsp; California fescue has very few diseases or pests and is a very dependable and&nbsp;ornamental grass for the native or rock garden and is a great companion plant for any oak.&nbsp; It can also be used for restoration and is often used for re-vegetating grassland&nbsp;that has been cleared or claimed by non-native <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4129\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2220-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2220-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2220-324x324.jpg 324w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2220-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>grasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California fescue, Festuca californica,&nbsp;is a showy clump forming bunchgrass.&nbsp; Its dull green to silvery blue foliage persists throughout the year, making it an excellent choice for any native garden.&nbsp; California fescue grows quickly to a large graceful clump roughly 2 feet&nbsp;in diameter, and because it does not form rhizomes, remains fairly contained.&nbsp; However, in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[114,55,53,115,98,85,87,41],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bunchgrass","tag-chaparral","tag-erosion","tag-fescue","tag-grass","tag-native-plants","tag-restoration","tag-xeric"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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