Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Sizes available: #1 (Trade gallon)

Basics: this is a cultivar of Festuca ovina (pictured at left), zones 3-8, full sun, 8-10" x 18", finely-textured, a low growing and compact blue grass for the front of a sunny border. Great mixed with Dianthus species, wants well-drained soil

Common names: Blue Fescue, Sheep Fescue

Family: Poaceae

More: Adds a different texture and color to the sunny rock garden. Grasses offer potential winter shelter to small mammals.

Nursery: Van Berkum

Image credit: illustration of Blue Fescue from Wikimedia Commons