![]() Intersperse among plants with similar requirements to visually hold the garden together, or plant close together for a tufted carpet. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden. Intensely blue, fine, stiff blades stay bright throughout the season with no browning. 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. 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.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. This cultivar was named Beyond Blue as it. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture. Commonly called blue fescue, this low-growing clumping grass has glaucous, finely textured, blue-gray foliage. This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 8 years. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It has no significant negative characteristics.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is recommended for the following landscape applications īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. The tan seed heads are carried on spikes from mid summer to late fall.īeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a mounded form. Beyond Blue Festuca Feature, Intense, powder blue foliage, year-round USDA Zones, Hardy to -25 USDA Zones 4-10 Sunset Zones, 1-24 Special Features, Deer. Great for rock gardens, edging borders or mass planting as a groundcover. Its attractive grassy leaves remain steel blue in colour throughout the year. Blue Fescue Grass with its icy blue coloration is a clumping ornamental grass, its eye catching color holds its own in the heat of summer. All of our plants will be shipped out within 7 to 10 business days, with certain exceptions.Intense powder blue foliage that stays bright throughout the season makes a fantastic color accent in the border, not a spreading grass useful in dryer areas but try not to subject it to extremesīeyond Blue™ Blue Fescue is primarily valued in the garden for its interestingly mounded form. They should take 2 to 3 days to reach most areas that we ship to. Has a mounding habit and forms a dense, uniform, semi-evergreen tuft Very narrow blue leaves. Our products will ship with USPS, FedEx or UPS. Due to Department of Agriculture regulations, we cannot send plants to California. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THESE US STATES AND TERRITORIES: AK, HI, GM, PR, VI. It will do well with average amounts of moisture in well drained soils. Beyond Blue Fescue tends to grow best in full sun conditions. It is recommended for USDA climate zones 4 to 9. Additional Informationįestuca glauca ‘Casca11’ will be 10 to 12 inches tall, with a spread of 16 to 18 inches. It will have small, inconspicuous greenish to purple flowers in late spring. This plant can be semi-evergreen in warmer climates, dying back in colder areas. They will keep a nice steel blue-green color throughout the growing seasons. The leaves are narrow, usually held straight, arching toward the end. This cool season grass forms a neat mound of vibrant blue foliage, 9 - 12 inch tall and 12 - 18 inches wide, with silvery grass flowers that fade to tan. Beyond Blue Fescue is a nice accent choice for a variety of landscaping spaces. Size 1 gallon, Festuca glauca ‘Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) Intense blue foliage that stays bright throughout the season without browning. A natural mutation of Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’, introduced by a Dutch nursery and said to offer the bluest of the blue colored blades. It is smaller in size, reaching 12 inches tall. Description Beyond Blue Fescue Grass General Informationīeyond Blue Fescue Grass is an ornamental grass.
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