Re: Festuca glauca

RichardPIV@aol.com writes:
>Clumps of Festuca glauca are looking ratty this time of the year,
>mid-winter, 
>zone 9.  There are many dead leaf blades amongst the blue/green ones.  I
>have 
>never cut it back, so I wonder, can I cut the whole bunches back to an
>inch 
>or two of blades, like mowing lawn grasses, and will the bunches come
>back?

I don't see why not. Grass grows from the base, instead of the tips
(usually), so you should be able to do it with no problems. The only
noticeable effect is the tips of the blades will be square instead of
pointed, of course. I always trim the blades of my Stipa giganteas
whenever the blades get ratty. They recover in a few weeks or so.





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