Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca
Grasses & Groundcovers Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
A compact, ornamental grass forming dense, rounded mounds of fine, needle-like, silvery-blue foliage. Its striking icy-blue color provides stunning contrast in rock gardens, borders, and container plantings. Extremely drought-tolerant and low-maintenance once established. The wispy flower heads add delicate texture in summer.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Full sun (6+ hrs)
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Water
Every 1-2 weeks
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Humidity
Low to moderate (30-50%)
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Temperature
5-28°C
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Soil
Well-draining, sandy or gravelly, poor to moderately fertile soil; intolerant of wet, heavy clay
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Fertilizer
Minimal — light application of balanced fertilizer in early spring is sufficient; avoid over-fertilizing
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Central and southern Europe
- 📏 Max height
- 15-30 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 20-30 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Blue-Green
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Blue-Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to humans and pets
- 🌱 Propagation
- Division of clumps every 2-3 years in early spring; seed sowing in spring
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to humans and pets
Common issues
- Crown rot from overwatering, Rust fungi, Dieback in center of clump (needs division), Slug damage
💡 Care tips
- Compact mounding grass with fine steel-blue foliage,Ideal edging plant for borders and rock gardens,Extremely drought-tolerant and deer-resistant,Divide clumps every 2-3 years to maintain vigor and color
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