Festuca glauca Seeds | Blue Fescue
LATIN NAME: Festuca glauca
COMMON NAME: Blue Fescue
Plant Profile
Festuca glauca, better known as Blue Fescue, is a low, clumping, evergreen grass in the grass family. It likes sun, and light, well-drained soil. Together these qualities explain its long-standing appeal to gardeners.
Science & Biotechnology
Like other members of the grass family, Festuca glauca draws steady attention from botanists and plant breeders, who value the genus both as a subject of research and as a source of garden-worthy material. Blue-grey foliage of blue fescue gives it a recognised place in research on ornamental grasses of grass family, and glauca species appears in studies of colour retention and drought tolerance. The practical point for growers is that this plant has been observed in gardens for so long that its behaviour holds few surprises.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Blue Fescue for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. In sunny border and rock garden, blue fescue bristles garden edge with blue tufts. Tidy clumps edge beds and fill pots, blue foliage lights border, and grass makes fine low cover. It grows well in light, well-drained, sunny ground. Beyond the establishment year, its needs are simple and few.
Fescues are the backbone of fine lawns and upland pasture, and their roots host the alkaloid chemistry that makes endophyte research a whole field of forage science.
Growing from Seed
Blue Fescue is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Scatter the seed evenly over a loose seed compost, cover to no more than its own depth, and keep the pot moist and bright. Pot the young plants on as they grow, harden them off gradually, and plant them into their final positions when sturdy.
Our Take
Blue Fescue earns its space through character rather than fuss. Minor errors in timing or watering rarely cost the grower the crop.
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