Grow guide
How to grow Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca
- Type
- Ornamental grass
- Zones
- USDA zones 4–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 300–400 days
- Spacing
- 12″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 8 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water As needed
- Prune Annual
- Thin As needed
Notes
Compact perennial mound to 12 in of fine silver-blue foliage; tan flower spikes in early summer; cut back hard in early spring each year.
More ornamental grass varieties
Grows well nearby
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