Cats Whiskers

Hard Fescue

About Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue

Cats Whiskers

Hard Fescue

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Tender Perennial

Grass

1.3 Origin

South Africa

Southern Europe

1.4 Types

Not Available

Fine leaved sheep's fescue

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Floodplains, Forest margins, Grassland, Moist Ditches, Roadsides, Swamps, Tropical regions

Mountain Slopes, Pastures

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

9-154-8

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-9

8 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

H1, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Spreading

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

30.50 cm5.10 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

61.00 cmNA

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Orange

Pale White

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Black

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

Blue Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

Light Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Blue Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Green, Tan

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Arrowhead

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Spring, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Average

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall

Not Available

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

Seedlings, vegetative cuttings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering

Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Never Over-water

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Average

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove deadheads

Prune after flowering, Prune for size control, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Brown patch, Gray leaf blight, Pythium blight, Rust, Zoysia patch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

Full Sun, Heat And Humidity

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

Insignificant

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

5.11 Attracts

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Mealybugs, Mites

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

Skin rash, Vomiting, Watery eyes

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Ground Cover, Used in parkland

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

Fixes Nitrogen, Prevent Soil Erosion

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Arthritis, Bladder Infection, Cough, Diabetes, Gout, Kidney problems, Oedema, Rheumatism, Urinary tract problems

Antispasmodic

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

Can be made into a herbal tea, Economic Purpose, Employed in herbal medicine

Animal Feed, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Bedding Plant, Container, Edging, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical

Groundcover, Lawns and Turf

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

BULBINE frutescens

FESTUCA brevipila

7.2 Common Name

Bulbine, Cat's Whiskers, Rankkopieva

Hard Fescue

7.2.1 In Hindi

Not Available

Hard fescue

7.2.2 In German

Katze Whiskers Pflanze

Echter Schaf-Schwingel

7.2.3 In French

Moustaches usine de Cat

Hard fescue

7.2.4 In Spanish

Bigotes Planta de gato

fétuque ovine

7.2.5 In Greek

Μουστάκια γάτας Φυτών

HARD φεστούκα

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Bigodes Planta de Gato

Hard fescue

7.2.7 In Polish

Kocie Wąsy rośliny

Hard fescue

7.2.8 In Latin

Cat Whiskers Planta

Hard fescue

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Liliopsida

8.4 Order

Lamiales

Cyperales

8.5 Family

Liliaceae

Poaceae

8.6 Genus

Orthosiphon

Festuca

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

8.8 Tribe

Ocimeae

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Nepetoideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

NANA

1 27800

Properties of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue

Wondering what are the properties of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue? We provide you with everything About Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue. Cats Whiskers doesn't have thorns and Hard Fescue doesn't have thorns. Also Cats Whiskers does not have fragrant flowers. Cats Whiskers has allergic reactions like Not Available and Hard Fescue has allergic reactions like Not Available. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue

Season and care of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue is important to know. While considering everything about Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue Care, growing season is an essential factor. Cats Whiskers season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter and Hard Fescue season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. The type of soil for Cats Whiskers is Loam, Sand and for Hard Fescue is Clay, Loam while the PH of soil for Cats Whiskers is Neutral, Alkaline and for Hard Fescue is Neutral, Alkaline.

Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue Physical Information

Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue physical information is very important for comparison. Cats Whiskers height is 30.50 cm and width 61.00 cm whereas Hard Fescue height is 5.10 cm and width Not Available. The color specification of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue are as follows:

Cats Whiskers flower color: Yellow and Orange
Cats Whiskers leaf color: Green
Hard Fescue flower color: Pale White
Hard Fescue leaf color: Blue Green

Care of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue

Care of Cats Whiskers and Hard Fescue include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Cats Whiskers pruning is done Remove deadheads and Hard Fescue pruning is done Prune after flowering, Prune for size control and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Cats Whiskers needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Hard Fescue needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.