It has slender, cascading foliage that is intensely silver-blue throughout the growing season. Great for rock gardens, edging borders or mass planting as a groundcover.
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. Blue Fescue Grass with its icy blue coloration is a clumping ornamental grass, its eye catching color holds its own in the heat of summer. It is an evergreen to semi-evergreen grass with a compact, dwarf habit that grows 3/4 to 1 ft. 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. 'Casca11', sold under the trade name of BEYOND BLUE, was discovered in 2002 by Annemarie Blom of Haarsteeg, The Netherlands as a naturally occurring mutation of Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'. Blue Fescue Grass with its icy blue coloration is a clumping ornamental grass, its eye catching color holds its own in the heat of summer. Specific epithet means with a white, powdery coating. Genus name comes from the Latin word meaning a grass stalk or straw. Great to accent a rock garden, or for use en masse to edge a border or create a groundcover. Buff-colored plumes create eye-catching contrast in late summer.
Flowers give way to buffy seed heads which some gardeners find attractive but others find detractive to both the symmetry of the plant and the foliage color. Beyond Blue Fescue Festuca glauca Casca11 PP 23,37 A dense mound of intense, colorfast, powder blue foliage that provides waterwise, heat and humidity tolerant texture. Festuca glauca Beyond Blue (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage. Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. 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 total clump height to 10-14"). Festuca glauca Beyond Blue PP23307 - 50 per flat. This low-maintenance gem will thrive despite heat, humidity or poor soils. Beyond Blue is a striking plant as a mass planting in the landscape or as a specimen in mixed containers. 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. Flowers fade to light brown by late summer and can be cut back if preferred.
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