Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲▼ mature, non-flowering blue fescue, about 12 inches tall and wide

▲▼ mature blue fescue with dried inflorescences

Festuca glauca: Blue Fescue

Location near campus:  in ornamental grass bed toward southwest corner of Master Gardener areas north  of Botanical Center Building in Nathanael Green park at the Botanical Center; in Xeriscape Garden at corner of National and Linwood

·         cool-season grass with very thin, blue-gray leaves about 8-12" long

·         forms a mound of grass 8-12" high

·         inflorescence a compressed panicle formed in early spring

·         grows in sun to medium shade, needs well-drained soil and tolerates a higher pH

·         can trim back to ground in fall or late winter to remove old foliage

·         divide or move in early spring or fall