Avoid mowing your fescue grass too short. Taller grass conserves moisture and shades out weed seeds. Clippings do not promote thatch build-up. Provide your grass with an inch of water per week in a single, deep soaking when there is no rainfall. Apply summer and winter weed controls.
Texture ranges from coarse to medium for newer turf-types.
A bunch-type grass. Good transition-zone grass, adapts to moderately cold winters and warm summers. Good for play areas. Deep root system tolerates drought. Goes into summer dormancy with brown leaves.