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Common Name: Blue Fescue
Latin Name: Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’
Plant Type: Evergreen perennial grass
Description: Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’ is a compact, clump-forming evergreen ornamental grass with striking steely-blue, needle-like foliage that forms neat rounded tufts. In summer it produces slender stems topped with airy buff-coloured flower panicles that rise lightly above the foliage.
Garden Impact: This architectural grass adds cool-toned colour and texture to borders, gravel gardens, rockeries and containers. Its tidy form and vivid foliage provide year-round structure and contrast among flowering perennials.
Light & Water Requirements: Thrives in full sun in well-drained soil and tolerates dry conditions once established.
Size (Fully Grown): Height 25–30cm, Spread 25–30cm
Description
Common Name: Blue Fescue
Latin Name: Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’
Plant Type: Evergreen perennial grass
Description: Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’ is a compact, clump-forming evergreen ornamental grass with striking steely-blue, needle-like foliage that forms neat rounded tufts. In summer it produces slender stems topped with airy buff-coloured flower panicles that rise lightly above the foliage.
Garden Impact: This architectural grass adds cool-toned colour and texture to borders, gravel gardens, rockeries and containers. Its tidy form and vivid foliage provide year-round structure and contrast among flowering perennials.
Light & Water Requirements: Thrives in full sun in well-drained soil and tolerates dry conditions once established.
Size (Fully Grown): Height 25–30cm, Spread 25–30cm
