Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue', Festuca ovina glauca 'Elijah Blue', Festuca ovina glauca 'Elija-blue'
Festuca Festuca
'Elijah Blue' _ 'Elijah Blue' forms small, but very stiking blue mounds of tufted, ornamental grass with blue-green flowers in summer, which fade to pale-brown in autumn.
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' is: Evergreen
Clump-forming, Compact
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Insignificant or absent, Blue-green in Summer; Insignificant or absent, Pale-brown in Autumn
Blue in All seasons
Rust Rust
Divide in spring every 2 or 3 years. Can also be grown from seed in a cold frame at a likewise time.
Division
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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue') will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.25m after 2-5 years.
City, Cottage/Informal, Edging, Beds and borders, Low Maintenance, Containers, Rock
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.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
North, South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue', Festuca ovina glauca 'Elijah Blue', Festuca ovina glauca 'Elija-blue'
Festuca Festuca
'Elijah Blue' _ 'Elijah Blue' forms small, but very stiking blue mounds of tufted, ornamental grass with blue-green flowers in summer, which fade to pale-brown in autumn.
Evergreen
Clump-forming, Compact
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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Insignificant or absent, Blue-green in Summer; Insignificant or absent, Pale-brown in Autumn
Blue in All seasons
Divide in spring every 2 or 3 years. Can also be grown from seed in a cold frame at a likewise time.
Division
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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue') will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.25m after 2-5 years.
City, Cottage/Informal, Edging, Beds and borders, Low Maintenance, Containers, Rock
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.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
North, South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
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