Festuca glauca Beyond Blue™ 'Casca11'
Common: common blue fescue — PP23307Festuca glauca Beyond Blue PP23307 - 50 per flat
- Height: 10"-12"
- Spread: 15"-18"
- Spacing: 12"
- Hardiness Zone(s): 4-8
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Plant Details
Go above and beyond in the garden with the INTENSE blue foliage of this fantastic fescue! The unique foliage color stays bright through all seasons for year-round interest. Flowers extend above the tidy mounds of fine powder blue blades in late spring and summer. Flowers fade to light brown by late summer and can be cut back if preferred. Beyond Blue™ is a striking plant as a mass planting in the landscape or as a specimen in mixed containers. This low-maintenance gem will thrive despite heat, humidity or poor soils.
Characteristics & Attributes
Exposure
- Full Sun
Soil Moisture Needs
- Moist
- Dry
- Average
Green Infrastructure
- Green Roof
Plug Type
- Horticultural Plug
For Animals
- Deer Resistant
Attributes
- Evergreen
- Drought Tolerant
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Late Spring / Early Summer
- Summer
Propagation Type
- Vegetative
Grass Type
- Cool Season
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 and edgings as well as in rock gardens or troughs. Beautiful with Sedum 'Bertram Anderson', 'Vera Jamison' or 'Angelina'.
Interesting Notes
Native to Europe. The name of the genus comes from the Latin festuca, meaning stalk or stem. Related to arid fescue cultivars of elatior and lawn fescues of rubra.