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Our enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable perennials team is here to answer your questions and help you choose the best perennials for your situation. There’s always something in bloom for sun, shade, butterflies, birds or deer resistance as well as a variety of bulbs for your space.
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Dark, smoky rose-purple flower spikes. Deep green arching foliage. USDA 5-8
Height: 8 inches
Spread: 12 inches
Sunlight: full sun, partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 2b
Other Names: Festuca ovina var. glauca
Description:
A dwarf ornamental grass featuring bright silver-blue foliage; neat mounds of densely tufted leaves stay blue all season long; tall upright tan plumes sway in the breeze; drought tolerant once established, great for containers, beds and borders
Ornamental Features:
Elijah Blue Fescue is primarily valued in the garden for its interestingly mounded form. Its attractive grassy leaves remain blue in color throughout the year. The tan seed heads are carried on spikes from mid summer to late fall.
Landscape Attributes:
Elijah Blue Fescue is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Elijah Blue Fescue is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing:
Elijah Blue Fescue will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 8 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. 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.
Elijah Blue Fescue is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. 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. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
Upright clumps of slender, flat, linear bluish green leaves. Purplish-bronze blooms. Tolerates black walnut. USDA 3-9
Blue Grama Grass 'Blonde Ambition' | Chartreuse flowers & tan Seed Heads. Naturalizing. USDA 3-10
Dark, smoky rose-purple flower spikes. Deep green arching foliage. USDA 5-8
Bright red accent on blades. Compact. Tan seed heads. USDA 5-9
Fragrant lavender blooms. Vigorous. Uniformly mounded. MUST have good drainage. USDA 5-10
Rich lavender purple flowers with white interiors. Rich, dark stem. USDA 3-8
Fragrant purple-blue blooms. Compact mounding foliage. MUST have good drainage USDA 5-8
Heavily fragrant light lavender blooms. Silvery mounding foliage. MUST have good drainage. USDA 5-8
Fluffy, white flowers attract pollinators. Upright, strong stalks. USDA 3-9
Deep purple blooms. Upright. Compact. Clumping. USDA 3-8
Showy clusters of lavender, pink or white pom pom flowers. Aromatic leaves. Native. Clay tolerant. USDA 3-9
Fragrant and drought-tolerant. Attracts hummingbirds & butterflies. Deer resistant. USDA 4-8
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