Festuca glauca ~ Blue Fescue-ServeScape
Festuca glauca ~ Blue Fescue-ServeScape
Festuca glauca ~ Blue Fescue-ServeScape
Festuca glauca ~ Blue Fescue-ServeScape

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca


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Blue Fescue is a fine-textured semi-evergreen ornamental grass blue-green foliage that grows in porcupine-like tufts. Non-showy airy panicles with tiny flowers top the foliage in spring and summer.  Best foliage in full sun and well-drained soils.  Drought and poor soil tolerant.

Type: 

Orn. Grass, Groundcover

Height: 

0.5' - 1'

Spread: 

0.5' - 1’

Spacing: 

0.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 8

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun 

Bloom Color: 

Various

Season of Interest: 

SpringSummer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: High Maintenance.  Overly moist soils can lead to root rot.  The plant may decline in overly hot and humid summers.  Considerable browning may occur in harsh winters. Cut back foliage in spring to encourage new growth.  Clumps tend to die back in the center every 2-3 years and should be divided and replanted, or replaced.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersRock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Orange Coneflower, Bluebeard, Saliva

IMAGES: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.netFestuca glauca 1CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) anonymous, Festuca glaucaCC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Luiyo from Madrid, Spain, 2011-04-22 Portugal 322 - Lisboa (5695749570)CC BY-SA 2.0, (4) Liné1Festuca glauca 01 by Line1CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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