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Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’
Blue Fescue is a perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 0.8-1 ft × 1-1.5 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained soil. Expect blue, yellow and green blooms in summer. It attracts butterflies, stands up well to black walnut, deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 0.8-1 ft × 1-1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 12 inches-3 feet
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Foliage
- Blue, Green
- Bloom color
- Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Pollution, Poor soil
- Native to
- Central and southern Europe
Freeze survival
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