Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Attracts:  Birds, Visual Attention

One of the best of the Blue Fescue grasses, 'Elijah Blue' is a drought tolerant and low maintenance clumping perennial grass popular for adding cool color and soft texture in the garden. It forms a finely textured neat mound of powdery gray-blue foliage that stays bright through all seasons for year-round interest. The upright flower spikes that rise above the tidy mounds in late spring and summer add even more interest to this wonderful ornamental grass. Flowers start out greenish-blue and fade to a straw-yellow color by late summer. If you'd rather not have the flowers they can be removed without harming the plant. A cool looking and soothing accent in small garden spaces and container gardens or in groupings or as a border where space allows.

Growing in a mound 12 inches tall and maybe a little wider, Elijah Blue Fescue in ideal for use as an accent in small garden spaces or in groupings where space allows. Also nice as a border along a path or walkway or as a solo or an accent in container gardens. Especially attractive around stones and boulders. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens, blue them gardens, bird gardens, rock gardens, Asian gardens, Zen gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

 

Blue Fescue is very easy to grow in most any well-drained soil and full sun to mostly sun. Constantly soggy or wet soils are a killer. Established plants are quite tolerant of dry soil conditions. Maintenance is little to none. If preferred, flowers can be removed after they appear in summer. In early spring, dead blades can be teased by combing through the foliage with your hand, or plants can be cut back  to about 4 inches above the ground. Dividing plants ever few years can be done to reinvigorate plants that might look weak or to prevent center die-back. 

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