Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue)

Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) with blue grass blades forming dense clumps in a close up
Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) clumps with thin blue blades growing among large green broad leaves

Botanical name: Festuca glauca

Common name: Blue Fescue

Family: Poaceae    (Formerly:Poaceae / Gramineae)

Origin: Europe

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 4-8

Small plant 2-5 ftPlant form: Small
Plant mature sizeMature height: 2-5 ft
Full sunSemi-shadeSun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Subtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short timeCold tolerance: Tolerates light freezing to about 30°F for short periods (mature plants). Young plants must be protected.
Watering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Moderate
Suitable forSuitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing

Festuca glauca is a clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage.

Festuca glauca is a short-lived clump grass that tends to die out in the center after a couple years. When this happens, the clumps should be dug up and divided, and the divisions replanted.


Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) with thin blue green leaves forming a dense rounded plant
Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) with thin blue green leaves forming a dense and rounded plant.
Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) with blue needle-like leaves forming a dense, rounded, mounded, small plant.
Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue) dense, rounded clumps with thin, blue, needle-like foliage growing on the ground.


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