Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Common: common blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' - 50 per flat
- Height: 10"-12"
- Spread: 12"
- Spacing: 12"
- Hardiness Zone(s): 4-8
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Plant Details
Clumping deep sea blue foliage. The most heat tolerant or 'summer hardy' fescue by leaps and bounds. Named by the late Lois Woodhall of the Plantage. Neat evergreen mounds with wheat inflorescences. Stunning!
Characteristics & Attributes
Exposure
- Full Sun
- Part Sun
Soil Moisture Needs
- Average
- Dry
Green Infrastructure
- Green Roof
For Animals
- Deer Resistant
Attributes
- Evergreen
- Groundcover
- Drought Tolerant
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Summer
Propagation Type
- Vegetative
Care & Maintenance
Festuca glauca prefers average, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of drought, salt, heat and humidity. Is prone to center rot if grown in soils that remain wet during the winter. Spreads via rhizomes. Cut foliage to the ground in early spring to maintain neat appearance. Divide in spring or fall.
Use in perennial borders, mass plantings, containers, edgings, rock gardens, or troughs. Beautiful with Sedum 'Bertram Anderson', 'Vera Jamison' or 'Angelina'.
Interesting Notes
Native to Europe. The genus name comes from the Latin festuca, meaning stalk or stem. Related to arid fescue cultivars of elatior and lawn fescues of rubra.