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Festuca glauca

Blue Fescue (Gray Fescue)

The dense, evergreen tuft of needle-like, blue-green to blue foliage is suitable for edging and produces narrow seed spikes.

  • »  A.K.A. Festuca ovina Glauca
  • »  Grass has a mounding habit and forms a dense, uniform, semi-evergreen tuft
  • »  Very narrow leaf blades are blue-green to blue
  • »  Narrow seed spikes emerge green, flower purple and age to a tan colour
  • »  Bloom Time: June to July
  • »  Flower Height: 35 cm
  • »  Foliage Height: 20 cm
  • »  Grass Type: Cool Season

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  • Category:Grasses
  • Hardiness Zone:4
  • Height:20-35 cm
  • Spread:25-30 cm
  • Bloom Color: Purple
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
Average to Dry Soils
Well-drained
Growth Rate
Medium
Slow
Critter
Deer Resistant
Attributes
Drought Tolerant
Evergreen
Flowering Time
Lt. Spr-Sum
Summer
Habit
Clumping
Dwarf
Mounding
Foliage Color
Blue
Landscape uses
Border/edging
Ground cover
Rock garden
Planting instructions
Container Plants
Additional Information about Festuca glauca

Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and continue until temperatures start to cool in the fall. During the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant. Cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer. Most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil.
 

 

Growing & Maintenance Tips for Festuca glauca

Best grown in full sun and a well-drained soil with some tolerance to drought and poor soils. Remove spent foliage in the spring. Clumps need to be divided every 2-3 years to maintain their appeal.

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