Grass - Blue Fescue

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Grass - Blue Fescue
(Festuca (cinera) glauca)

This mounding Blue Fescue is a carefree addition to any flower bed. Silvery-blue, grows in tight clumps with creamy flower spikes. Look great alone, but are particularly stunning combined with pink, shocking blue or pastel colored flowers. A real trooper in drought, heat or poor soil when established.

One packet plants ten 20-foot rows.

Flower Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Mid to late summer
Height: 12" to 18"
Exposure: Full Sun

When to Sow Outside: 3 weeks before average last frost date or later. Can also be sown in early fall.
When to Sow Inside: 6 to 8 weeks before last frost.

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