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Festuca glauca

' Boulder Blue '

Common Name:
Blue Fescue
Bloom color:
Silver-blue leaves
Height:
15"
Bloom:
June
Hardiness:
Zone 4-8
Light:
Full to partial sun
Soil:
Well-drained

Why you need this plant:        This intense silver-blue grass is more upright than most Fescues and adds texture, and motion to a flower bed or a mixed prairie planting. Try mixing different blue fescues and Blue Avena Grass for an interesting range of sizes in a monochromatic color scheme!

Planting Info:       Give it a good start with a good general-purpose feed and a well-draining soil, then watch this grass take off.  Not invasive and needs very little care.  Because the blue color lasts through winter, it does not need to be trimmed back.  Growth will slow if summer heat (over 85 degrees) is excessive, but is not harmful for the overall health of the plant.

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