Does equally well as a formal edging plant or in a mass for groundcover effect.īorder, Container, Firescaping/Firewise, Green Roof, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Accent, Edging, Wildlife Garden, Urban Garden, Ground CoverĪsexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent.Ĭlump Forming, Dense Habit, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Extreme Cold Hardiness, Tolerates Poor Soils, Waterwise, Fast Growing, Tolerates Urban Pollution Most often planted near rock gardens, around landscape boulders and in dry streambeds. Arching tufts of blue, finely textured leaves provide graceful beauty. Its silver-blue coloring and fine texture is appreciated in both Asian gardens and the drought-resistant landscape. Blue Fescue Beyond Blue (Festuca glauca) Features. wide.īlue Fescue is the best small ornamental grass. United States Plant Patent PP#23,307 awarded January 1, 2013.Quickly reaches 8 to 12 in. It has slender, cascading foliage that is intensely silver-blue throughout the growing season. It is an evergreen to semi-evergreen grass with a compact, dwarf habit that grows 3/4 to 1 ft. Densely tufted, the foliage of finely-textured, blade-like needles forms a neat mound topped by upright flower plumes in summer. 'Casca11', sold under the trade name of BEYOND BLUE, was discovered in 2002 by Annemarie Blom of Haarsteeg, The Netherlands as a naturally occurring mutation of Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'. One of the best and most colorful of all Blue Fescue varieties, Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' is a wonderful dwarf ornamental grass, mostly grown for its superb, evergreen, bright silver-blue foliage. Specific epithet means with a white, powdery coating. However, the Beyond Blue can survive in some partial shady spots, but the color will not be as vibrant. For a richer color, the Beyond Blue requires abundant sun. If you are planting this fescue in your landscape, it needs at least six hours of sunlight per day. Genus name comes from the Latin word meaning a grass stalk or straw. The Beyond Blue fescue can thrive in USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8. Selected from a garden in the Netherlands, it goes by the name Intense Blue in Europe. Beyond Blue is a naturally occurring chimeric mutation of favorite Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Flowers give way to buffy seed heads which some gardeners find attractive but others find detractive to both the symmetry of the plant and the foliage color. The Beyond Blue Fescue is the best blue foliage grass weve seen to stand up to the heat of summer here with our hot, humid weather in middle Tennessee. The ultra-steel-blue coloration of this cool-season beauty has people asking for it by name. Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. Unlike most Blue Fescues, Beyond Blue retains its blue color over the summer. Fine-textured leaf blades are vibrant blue-gray. Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8" (inflorescences typically bring total clump height to 10-14"). cinerea Beyond Blue Common Blue Fescue An evergreen perennial grass that forms a dense, fountain-like clump. Great for rock gardens, edging borders or mass planting as a groundcover. Festuca glauca Beyond Blue (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage. Uses: Front Border, Container, Mixed Border, Rock Garden. Very versatile for use in rock gardens, containers, borders and mass plantings. Festuca glauca, commonly called blue fescue, is a short-lived, low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Blue Fescue Grass with its icy blue coloration is a clumping ornamental grass, its eye catching color holds its own in the heat of summer. Stunning powder-blue foliage all year long without browning out in summer like 'Elijah Blue' can.
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