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Willits' Giant California Fescue

Willits' Giant California Fescue

FESTUCA californica 'Willits' Giant'

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Common Name(s)
Giant California Fescue
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Perennial Zones
7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
4'–6'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
California Native, Deer resistant
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Mounding, Clumping, Tufted
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Foliage Color
Green, Silver
Themes
Cool Blue, Pretty in Pink, Gothic
Genus
Festuca
Family
Poaceae
Ship Size
4"

Willits' Giant California Fescue is the big one: broad gray to blue-gray blades arching into fountain-shaped mounds, with loose, pale flower spikes hanging from stems that can reach five or six feet. Festuca californica 'Willits' Giant' starts life with you as a live 4-inch plant.

Stand one where a single clump can be read from across the garden, or run a drift of them for sturdy evergreen cover beneath open oaks - dappled light under a native canopy is exactly this grass's element. It takes full sun or part shade, drinks little once established, hosts skipper butterfly larvae in its foliage, and deer walk on by.

Fun fact: California fescue is a bunchgrass of oak woodland and chaparral edges, which is why it looks so unforced in a dry, half-shaded garden.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Mature Size: 4'–6' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 7–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zones: 7–11
  • Attracts: Butterflies
  • Special: California Native, Deer resistant

Plant it where it has room to grow up, and lean on the guarantee: healthy arrival, or a free replacement.