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Beginner
skill rating |
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0.3m
max. spread |
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0.3m
max. height |
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2-5 years
to maturity |
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1 hour care
per year |
Botanical name: Festuca glauca
Other names: Blue fescue, Grey fescue
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Genus: Festuca
Species: F. glauca - F. glauca is a densely tufted, evergreen, perennial grass with erect, narrowly linear, blue-green leaves and purple-flushed, blue green flowers in summer.
Festuca glauca is: Evergreen
Flower: Blue-green, Flushed purple in Summer
Foliage: Blue-green in All seasons
Habit: Clump-forming, Compact
Festuca glauca (Blue fescue) will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.3m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: City, Cottage/Informal, Edging, Beds and borders, Low Maintenance, Containers, Rock
Cultivation: Soil does not need any particular richness will grow well in poor or moderately fertile soil with full exposure to wind and sun as long as the site is well drained.
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Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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North, South, East, West |
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| Exposure: |
Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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