![]() Shearing your plant in late winter often contributes to extend its life and promotes a neater appearance. Short-lived, Blue Fescue tends to die out in the center after 2-4 years.This plant often looks best if the flowers are sheared off.When planted in a checkerboard pattern, you can give your landscape some added style. If you want to create a visually stunning landscape, make sure to fill those bare areas with the Beyond Blue. This fescue grass is an ideal option for a groundcover application. A great candidate for borders, edging, in mass planting as a ground cover, rock gardens, cottage gardens, city gardens or containers. The Beyond Blue maintains its color and shape all year.Provide good air circulation in humid areas. Festuca glauca Casca11 BEYOND BLUE Back to Previous Page More Images Common Name: blue fescue Type: Ornamental grass Family: Poaceae Zone: 4 to 9 Height: 0. Part shade is appreciated in hot summer climates. Beyond Blue Fescue Festuca glauca Casca11 PP23307 Intense, powder blue foliage captivates the eye with bright color throughout the season and no browning. Performs best in full sun in poor, moderately fertile, well-drained soils.Aside from its foliage interest, Blue Fescue tolerates cold, heat, humidity, low water, poor soils and is deer resistant. Stunning when massed as a ground cover, Blue Fescue adds a superb color accent to the landscape all year around in mild winter areas. At first, the flowers are colored like the foliage before maturing to light tan. Densely tufted, the foliage of finely-textured, blade-like needles forms a neat mound topped by upright flower plumes in summer. This low-maintenance gem will thrive despite heat, humidity or poor soils. Unlike most Blue Fescues, Beyond Blue retains its blue color over the summer. Beyond Blue is a striking plant as a mass planting in the landscape or as a specimen in mixed containers. Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. ![]()
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