Blue Fescue Grass

Festuca glauca, commonly known as Blue Fescue Grass, is a compact and ornamental grass celebrated for its striking blue foliage and clumping habit, making it a standout choice for garden borders, rock gardens, and container plantings.

Evergreen or Deciduous: Evergreen
Mature Height (meters): Typically grows to about 0.3-0.4 meters.
Mature Width (meters): Spreads up to 0.3-0.4 meters.
Spacing: Plant 0.3 meters apart to allow for its clumping growth.
Foliage: Blue Fescue Grass features fine, needle-like leaves that are a striking blue-grey color, providing year-round interest and texture to the garden.
Flowering Period: Produces tall, slender flower spikes that rise above the foliage in late spring to early summer, bearing light green to tan flowers that eventually turn a soft brown as they mature.
Form/Habit: Clumping, mounded form that maintains a neat, rounded shape.
Uses: Ideal for edging, mass plantings, rock gardens, and containers. It adds a cool color contrast to mixed borders and works well in contemporary garden designs.
Sun: Thrives in full sun to light shade, requiring bright light to maintain its vibrant blue color.
Maintenance: Low maintenance; trim back old foliage in early spring to encourage fresh new growth.
Water Requirement: Low; drought-tolerant once established. Requires well-drained soil and prefers dry to moderately moist conditions.

Blue Fescue Grass is a versatile and visually appealing ornamental grass that adds a touch of elegance and color to any landscape, making it a popular choice among gardeners and landscapers.