Elijah Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca Elijah Blue

• Position: full sun
• Soil: well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: June to July
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A compact, blue leaves ornamental grass, with needle-like, silvery blue-green leaves and short spikes of blue-green midsummer flowers, gradually fading to buff. Neat and rounded in shape, it looks great in a gravel garden, combined with the spires of blue and purple-flowering perennials, or with Mediterranean-style plants.

• Garden care: Comb through the plant with your fingers in winter to remove dead foliage. Container-grown specimens should be watered well when they are establishing. Plants need replacing every few years as they become tatty-looking.