Shooting Star

Hard Fescue

About Shooting Star and Hard Fescue

Shooting Star

Hard Fescue

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Shrub

Grass

1.3 Origin

Southeastern Asia

Southern Europe

1.4 Types

alpine shootingstar , Jewelled shootingstar , Sierran shootingstar , broad-leaved shootingstar , Frigid Shootingstar

Fine leaved sheep's fescue

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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411 (About Canna)

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1.5 Habitat

Floodplains, open Woodlands

Mountain Slopes, Pastures

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

10-15

4-8

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-9

8 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

H1, H2, 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

Oval or Rounded

Spreading

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

About American ..

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240.00 cm

Rank: 78 (Overall)▶

5.10 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

About Flowering..

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180.00 cm

Rank: 70 (Overall)▶

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243.84 (About Acerola)

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White, Pink, Salmon, Coral

Pale White

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Red, Green, Burgundy

Blue Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

Light Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

Blue Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

Green, Tan

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Ovate elongated

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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1% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Winter

Spring, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Average

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter

Not Available

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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17% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

3.3 Tolerances

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

Seedlings, vegetative cuttings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

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

Acidic, Neutral

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

Prune after flowering, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

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

Aphids, Fungal leaf spots

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

Not Available

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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9% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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5% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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55% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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3% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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7% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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No Grass Plants Garden Plants has it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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14% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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3% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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10% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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2% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

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52% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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66% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

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11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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10% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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65% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Hummingbirds, Butterflies

Mealybugs, Mites

5.12 Allergy

Runny nose, sneezing

Skin rash, Vomiting, Watery eyes

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

along a porch, deck or patio, Beautification, Mixed Border, small hedge

Ground Cover, Used in parkland

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

Fixes Nitrogen, Prevent Soil Erosion

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Unknown

Antispasmodic

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Not Available

Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

Unknown

Animal Feed, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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39% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

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10% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Container, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges, Mixed Border, Screening, Wind Break, Tropical

Groundcover, Lawns and Turf

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

CLERODENDRUM quadriloculare

FESTUCA brevipila

7.2 Common Name

American cowslip , mosquito bills , mad violets , sailor caps

Hard Fescue

7.2.1 In Hindi

shooting star

Hard fescue

7.2.2 In German

shooting star

Echter Schaf-Schwingel

7.2.3 In French

Dodecatheon

Hard fescue

7.2.4 In Spanish

Dodecatheon

fétuque ovine

7.2.5 In Greek

shooting star

HARD φεστούκα

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Dodecatheon

Hard fescue

7.2.7 In Polish

shooting star

Hard fescue

7.2.8 In Latin

shooting star

Hard fescue

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Spermatophyta

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Liliopsida

8.4 Order

Primulales

Cyperales

8.5 Family

Verbenaceae

Poaceae

8.6 Genus

Dodecatheon

Festuca

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue

Wondering what are the properties of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue? We provide you with everything About Shooting Star and Hard Fescue. Shooting Star doesn't have thorns and Hard Fescue doesn't have thorns. Also Shooting Star does not have fragrant flowers. Shooting Star has allergic reactions like Runny nose and sneezing and Hard Fescue has allergic reactions like Runny nose and sneezing. 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 Shooting Star and Hard Fescue and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue

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

Shooting Star and Hard Fescue Physical Information

Shooting Star and Hard Fescue physical information is very important for comparison. Shooting Star height is 240.00 cm and width 180.00 cm whereas Hard Fescue height is 5.10 cm and width Not Available. The color specification of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue are as follows:

Shooting Star flower color: White, Pink, Salmon and Coral
Shooting Star leaf color: Red, Green and Burgundy
Hard Fescue flower color: Pale White
Hard Fescue leaf color: Blue Green

Care of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue

Care of Shooting Star and Hard Fescue include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Shooting Star pruning is done Prune after flowering, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Hard Fescue pruning is done Prune after flowering, Prune for size control and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Shooting Star 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.