Transform your garden with the striking silvery-blue hues of Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca). This compact, ornamental grass forms neat, rounded mounds, adding texture and visual interest to any landscape. Known for its exceptional hardiness and low-maintenance nature, Blue Fescue is perfect for rock gardens, borders, and container plantings.
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Festuca (fes-tew-kuh) Fescue, Blue Fescue. Poaceae Family. Perennial grasses mostly from Europe, but widely naturalized in the U.S. They are sturdy and valuable lawn grasses. Some are grown purely as ornamentals.In general, they form tufts of very fine, wiry leaves that are sometimes rolled, with flower spikelets in narrow panicles.
Semi-evergreen, Festuca grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. Tolerant of light shade, but Festuca’s best foliage color is attained in full sun. Festuca is tolerant of drought and poor soils, but is not intolerant of wet, poorly-drained soil.