Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue)

Find out where you can buy Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) online.

Type	Grass, Evergreen, Ground cover
Form	Ground-Hugging Rounded Clump, Architectural Form
Size	Low Border / Edging / Ground Cover Plant (up to 50cm height)
Colours	Blue Foliage
Care	Some Maintenance Required - Tough Plant
Hardiness	Frost hardy, Drought Tolerant, Seaside Friendly
Growth	Slow Growing Plant
Earmark this plant

Festuca glauca - Cultivation Notes

This hardy ornamental grass requires a sunny dry condition in a fertile well drained soil. Divide and replant clumps every 2-3 years /Clip back flower stems in late summer

Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage

Strengths of Festuca glauca:

Sun loving drought tolerant plant
All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
Provides valuable winter interest
Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
Suitable for container growing
Architectural plant – ideal as a ‘stand out’ plant
Suitable for exposed coastal planting
Attractive form or foliage for all year interest
Tolerates full sun and sandy, drought-prone soils

Weaknesses of Festuca glauca

Does not produce showy attractive flowers

Design & Plant Use for Festuca glauca:

Compact evergreen plant suitable for container planting
Evergreen ground cover suitable for problematic dry soils in full sun
Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
Ornamental grass for summer long foliage interest
Ornamental grass ideal for drift planting in a sunny spot

If you like this plant you may also be interested in these:
sun loving drought tolerant plants
plants for winter interest
plants for pots and containers
architectural plants
coastal plants

View all the plants listed in Genus Festuca