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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Festuca matthewsii
Height: 0.3m;  Spread: 0.3m
Blue Grass (Grass)
Strongest of the blue tussock grasses if kept moist. Keeps good colour and vigour with graceful seed heads.
Photo gallery:
Our koru of Festuca matthewsii just getting established . . . you should see it now . . . :}
Our koru going well apart from the libertia and leptinella being uprooted . . . just love the festuca though.
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