Festuca glauca beyond blue
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It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 8 years. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It can be propagated by division however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Beyond Blue Blue Fescue will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture.
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This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
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It has no significant negative characteristics.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is recommended for the following landscape applications īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. The tan seed heads are carried on spikes from mid summer to late fall.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a mounded form. Its attractive grassy leaves remain steel blue in color throughout the year. Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Festuca, Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca) 'Beyond Blue' supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service toll-free at (877) 309-7333 or contact us by email.Intense powder blue foliage that stays bright throughout the season makes a fantastic color accent in the border, not a spreading grass useful in dryer areas but try not to subject it to extremesīeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is primarily valued in the garden for its interestingly mounded form. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. Perennial and spring-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. Beyond Blue (‘Casca 11’) hails from much farther off: A garden in Haarsteeg, The Netherlands, 3,600 miles across the ocean blue. ‘Elijah Blue’ was selected at The Plantage, a nursery located on Elijah’s Lane, Mattituck, New York. Perennials and spring-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your hardiness zone. Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ and Beyond Blue (PP23307)Two of our (and your) favorite small grasses have a connection that spans an ocean. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included. All perennials and spring-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Selected from a garden in the Netherlands, it goes by the name Intense Blue in Europe. Beyond Blue is a naturally occurring chimeric mutation of favorite Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. The ultra-steel-blue coloration of this cool-season beauty has people asking for it by name. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email.