Festuca glauca Intense Blue ('Casblue') (PBR)
blue fescue
Providing the best steely blue foliage of all the shorter grasses, this undemanding ornamental look fantastic when drifted...
2 litre pot
£19.99
available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots
£47.99
£16.00 each
available to order from autumn
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Plant description
Providing the best steely blue foliage of all the shorter grasses, this undemanding ornamental look fantastic when drifted through a gravel garden, or when used in a Mediterranean-style planting scheme. It also works well in patio pots, where it will form a spiky topknot. It is mainly grown for it fine foliage, which has the best colour when it is planted in a spot that gets sun for the entire day, but it also produces bluish green flowerspikes in summer that age to straw.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
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Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Festuca glauca Intense Blue ('Casblue') (PBR):
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 may need replacing every few years as they may become tatty-looking.
