festuca glauca 'elijah blue' (elijah blue fescue)
$18.95
- has a mounding habit and forms a dense, uniform, semi-evergreen tuft
- very narrow leaf blades are an intense blue
- narrow seed spikes emerge green, turn purple and age to a tan colour
- bloom time: june to july
- cool season grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall
- during the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant
- cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer
- most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil
- zone 5
- height 20-30cm
- spread 30-40cm
- colour green, yellow
- best grown in full sun and a well-drained soil
- remove spent foliage in the spring
- clumps need to be divided every 2-3 years to maintain their appeal
- full sun, partial sun/shade
- deer resistant
- drought tolerant, once established
- evergreen
- ground cover
- rock garden
- (image courtesy of NVK nurseries, NVK holdings inc.)