Atlas Fescue

Festuca mairei

$129⁹⁹

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Understanding Plant Options

Nature Hills offers plants in two main formats:

Container Plants: Grown in pots with soil, sized by container volume and plant age
Bare Root Plants: Dormant plants without soil, sized by height measurements

Container Plant Sizes

Container sizes indicate plant age and growing capacity rather than liquid volume equivalents. Our containers follow industry-standard nursery "trade gallon" specifications, which differ from standard liquid gallon measurements.

Young Plants (6 months to 18 months old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
2" x 2" x 3"	0.18 - 0.21 dry quarts	0.20 - 0.23 dry liters
4" Container	0.31 - 0.87 dry quarts	0.35 - 0.96 dry liters
4.5" Container	0.65 dry quarts	0.72 dry liters
6" Container	1.4 dry quarts	1.59 dry liters
1 Quart	1 dry quart	1.1 dry liters
5.5" Container	1.89 dry quarts	2.08 dry liters

Established Plants (18 months to 2.5 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
2 Quart	2 dry quarts	2.2 dry liters
#1 Container	2.26 - 3.73 dry quarts	2.49 - 4.11 dry liters
5" x 5" x 12"	3.5 - 4.3 dry quarts	3.85 - 4.74 dry liters

Mature Plants (2-4 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
#2 Container	1.19 - 1.76 dry gallons	5.24 - 7.75 dry liters
#3 Container	2.15 - 2.76 dry gallons	8.14 - 12.16 dry liters

Large Plants (3-5 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
#5 Container	2.92 - 4.62 dry gallons	12.86 - 20.35 dry liters
#6 Container	5.25 - 6.01 dry gallons	23.12 - 26.42 dry liters
#7 Container	5.98 - 6.53 dry gallons	26.34 - 28.76 dry liters

Bare Root Plants

Bare root plants are sold by height from the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may exceed minimum height requirements.

Common Sizes:

Trees: 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, 4 feet, 5 feet, 6 feet
Shrubs & Perennials: 1 foot, 18 inches, 2 feet

Important Notes

Container Volume Specifications

Trade Gallon Standard: Our containers follow industry-standard "trade gallon" specifications established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z60.1) for nursery stock
Volume Variations: Actual soil volume may vary due to plant root systems and growing medium settlement
Age Indicators: Container size primarily indicates plant age and maturity rather than liquid volume equivalents

Growing Conditions

Plant size can vary based on variety and growing conditions
Container size helps indicate plant maturity and establishment level
Larger containers generally mean more established root systems and faster landscape establishment

Seasonal Availability

Bare root plants are available seasonally when dormant
Container plants are available throughout the growing season
Specific varieties may have limited availability in certain sizes

Questions?

For questions about specific plant sizes or availability, please contact our plant experts who can help you choose the right size for your landscape needs.

Plant Highlights

Atlas Fescue highlights at a glance!

Brand

Nature Hills' Choice
Botanical Name

Festuca mairei
Growing Zones

9, 6, 7, 8, 5
Mature Height

2 - 3 feet
Mature Spread

2 - 3 feet
Sun Exposure

Full Sun
Moisture

Low Once Established
Soil

Well Drained
Growth Rate

Medium
Pruning Time

Early Spring
Bloom Period

Late Spring

Growing Zones 5-9

Find Your Growing Zone!

With soft texture and flowing fountains of green foliage, the Atlas Fescue (Festuca mairei) is a xeric and beautiful garden addition for a smaller ornamental garden grass! Forming an explosion of soft fronds showering from the rosette base up and out, these rounded mounds add so much whimsy to the garden!

Shooting up lovely little flowers in June, these tan blooms wave above the fountain of fine-textured foliage. In warmer zones, this foliage can remain evergreen! The steady green year-round provides great texture! Even in cooler zones where these turn a lovely tan, looking magical when covered in frost and light snow.

Atlas Fescue is a hardy perennial cool-season grass that can reach a tidy mound of 2-3 feet in mature height and mature width. With a medium growth rate, you'll not have to wait long to see these green tufts of grassy foliage adorn your garden beds and borders.

Planting and Application:

Atlas looks lovely as a low hedge, border and edging plant, thriving in xeric locations and rock gardens, or even that hell-strip along roads, sidewalks and paths. Use along the front of a garden bed to ease the transition between lawn and garden, or in drifts to fill large areas with graceful ornamental texture.

Ideal as mass plantings to fill large areas both in home gardens and commercial locations. Fescue is fantastic erosion control on steep embankments and dangerous-to-mow hillsides. Create lovely groupings throughout garden beds and among perennials in cottage gardens, front landscaping and even in porch pots and patio planters.

Fountains of Grassy Fine Textured Foliage
Rounded Mounds
Tan Blooms in Summer
Beds & Borders, En Masse, Edges
Pots & Planters, Gardens & Erosion Control

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Thriving USDA hardiness zones 5-9, Fescue is a low moisture use grass once it is established and is fantastic in both full sun and partial shade. Loving well-drained soil of about any type, and provide a moderately fertile location. Clean the mound and prune back dead fronds in the early spring, before new growth appears.

Full Sun & Part Shade
Moderate Moisture to Establish
Low Moisture Needs After Establishment
Prune Cool-Season Grasses in Early Spring
Deer Resistant

Atlas Fescue is just what you need for a small fountain-like ornamental grass that lends gardens a tough, hardy & xeric addition! Order now at NatureHills.com!