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Festuca glauca Pepindale Blue

Pepindale Blue Fescue

One of the more intense blue-leaved selections, sporting densely-tufted, mounding foliage topped with silvery-blue flowers which mature to a tan colour.

  • »  Grass has a mounding habit and forms a dense, uniform, semi-evergreen tuft
  • »  Very narrow leaf blades are an intense blue
  • »  Narrow seed spikes emerge silvery-blue and age to a tan colour
  • »  Bloom Time: June to August
  • »  Flower Height: 25 cm
  • »  Foliage Height: 15 cm
  • »  Grass Type: Cool Season

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  • Category:Grasses
  • Hardiness Zone:3
  • Height:15-25 cm
  • Spread:20-25 cm
  • Bloom Color: Blue
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Average to Dry Soils
• Well-drained
Growth Rate
• 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 'Pepindale Blue'

 
Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when 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 'Pepindale Blue'

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