Shearing your plant in late winter often contributes to extend its life and promotes a neater appearance. Short-lived, Blue Fescue tends to die out in the center after 2-4 years.This plant often looks best if the flowers are sheared off.A great candidate for borders, edging, in mass planting as a ground cover, rock gardens, cottage gardens, city gardens or containers.Provide good air circulation in humid areas. Part shade is appreciated in hot summer climates. Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. ![]() Best color is attained in full sun but will tolerate light shade. ![]() Performs best in full sun in poor, moderately fertile, well-drained soils. Festuca are charming dwarf ornamental grasses which perfer dry to medium soils.It’s not fussy about soil and tolerates hot, dry conditions. Its neat and tidy habit make it perfect for edging, as a ground cover or in containers. Narrow powder blue blades create perfect round mounds. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8' (inflorescences typically. Bring rich blue color and outstanding form to your garden with Beyond Blue Fescue Grass, Festuca glauca. Aside from its foliage interest, Blue Fescue tolerates cold, heat, humidity, low water, poor soils and is deer resistant. Festuca glauca, commonly called blue fescue, is a short-lived, low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Stunning when massed as a ground cover, Blue Fescue adds a superb color accent to the landscape all year around in mild winter areas. At first, the flowers are colored like the foliage before maturing to light tan. Impress the neighbors by adding it to your landscape. What sets this one apart from others in its category is the staying power of the intense powder blue color that offers some of the most striking foliage that you will ever see on grass. Densely tufted, the foliage of finely-textured, blade-like needles forms a neat mound topped by upright flower plumes in summer. Festuca Beyond Blue (Ornamental Fescue) from a plant genus that is well known for its fine blue foliage. Unlike most Blue Fescues, Beyond Blue retains its blue color over the summer. Category: Groundcover Plants, Perennials, Perennial Plants, Ornamental Grasses. Orders shipping to west coast states may be partially bare rooted for packing. Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. Beyond Blue Fescue is growing in one quart (4 inch deep qt) and one gallon (trade size) pots.
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