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Festuca glauca Easy Blue

Festuca glauca Easy Blue
Blue Fescue, Grey Fescue

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This fescue is a small, evergreen perennial grass that forms a dense and compact tuft resembling a small, bluish hedgehog. This lovely plant, which thrives in poor soils, is very hardy and drought-tolerant. It is perfect for difficult areas, as ground cover, in borders, rockeries, containers, or at the front of flower beds.
Flower size
10 cm
Height at maturity
30 cm
Spread at maturity
30 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -18°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to May, August to September
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Flowering time June to July
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Description

The 'Easy Blue' Festuca is a lovely variety of Blue Fescue, which forms a dense, tousled, bluish clump, creating a beautiful effect in the garden or in a pot. This small perennial grass, evergreen in winter, is adorned in the second half of spring with gracefully trailing silver spikelets, adding a luminous touch to the plant. Resistant and water-saving, it can be planted in borders, at the front of flower beds, in rock gardens, or in flower pots.

Native to central Europe and rocky areas of the western Mediterranean, Blue Fescue, known as Festuca glauca in Latin, has long been naturalised in various regions of the world due to its minimal soil requirements, perfect hardiness, and high drought resistance. Like many grasses, it belongs to the large family of poaceae. In nature, it grows in dry and poor soil, sandy and rocky soils, and in full sun. It has given rise to some stunning cultivars selected for their beauty.

'Easy Blue' Fescue is a non-running perennial plant that forms small, hemispherical, stiff, very dense, rounded clumps, reaching a height and width of 25-30 cm (10-12in). Its foliage consists of stiff, very fine, silvery-blue leaves covered with a waxy coating that gives it a metallic appearance, also indicating its excellent adaptation to dry environments. Flowering occurs from the end of June. Very slender, blue-coloured flower stems emerge from the center of the clump. They bear loosely arranged, silver-coloured spikes at their tips. Over time, these inflorescences turn more yellow, indicating that the seeds are ripe. These seeds are dispersed by the wind, self-seeding here and there in light soils. The lifespan of the plant is about 5 to 6 years in poor and well-drained soil.

The 'Easy Blue' Blue Fescue will easily find its place in a rock garden, a scree garden, a slope, along a path, and can even be an alternative to lawn in dry areas with moderate foot traffic. Its light spike-like flowering gives this small vegetal hedgehog a pleasantly tousled appearance that attenuates its stiffness. It can be mixed, for example, with creeping plants such as Lamb's Ears (Stachys), Erigeron karvinskianus, Gauras, Cotton Lavenders, Sages, and many others. It also adapts very well to container gardening, lightening up floral compositions or to fill the base of a small palm tree, a cactus, or an Aeonium, for example.

Flowering

Flower colour green
Flowering time June to July
Inflorescence Spike
Flower size 10 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour blue

Plant habit

Height at maturity 30 cm
Spread at maturity 30 cm
Growth rate normal

Safety measures

Potential risks Plant that can cause respiratory allergy due to pollen

Botanical data

Genus

Festuca

Species

glauca

Cultivar

Easy Blue

Family

Poaceae

Other common names

Blue Fescue, Grey Fescue

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference19727

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Planting and care

Plant the 'Easy Blue' blue fescue in spring or autumn, in well-drained soil, preferably neutral to alkaline, moist to dry in summer, even rocky, sandy and stony, in full sun or partial shade. In case of intense drought and over time, the centre of the clump sometimes thins out. It is then necessary to divide the plant to rejuvenate it. Shorten or mow the foliage in late February, before the new foliage shoots. This truly undemanding grass requires no further care.

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Planting period

Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to May, August to September

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Edge of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 9 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, poor, light, well-drained

Care

Pruning instructions Shorten the foliage if necessary in late February, before the growth of new foliage.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time March
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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